Romans 9:21

Or does the potter not have the right over the clay + 9:21 Jer 18:6 to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

In Context

20On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to answer back to G-d? VEYETZER AMAR LEYOTZRO (Can the pot say to the potter), + 9:20 Isa 29:16 Why have you made me thus?

22But what if naniach (supposing) Hashem, willing to demonstrate His Charon Af Hashem (burning anger of G-d) and to make known His ko'ach (power), + 9:22 1:16,18 put up with and endured with savlanut (patience) vessels which are objects of G-dʼs Charon Af (burning anger), objects made ready for Churban, + 9:22 Ro 9:3

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:8Be not in wrath ad me'od, Hashem, 1 neither remember avon forever; 1 behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all Thy people. 1

Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Konyahu 1 a despised broken etzev (image, statue)? 1 Is he a vessel wherein is no chefetz? 1 Why are they cast out, he and his zera, 1 and are cast into ha'aretz which they know not? 1

Acts 9:15But Moshiach Adoneinu said to him, Go, for this one is a keli nivchar (chosen vessel) of mine to carry Shmi before both Goyim and melachim (kings) and the Bnei Yisroel.

Romans 9:18So then, to whom Hashem wills Hashem shows chaninah (mercy, free grace), but whom Hashem wills he hardens. + 9:18 that is, makes unresponsive or more mired down in KESHI (stubbornness, hardness); Dt 9:27

2 Timothy 2:20In a bais gadol, there are not only k'lei (vessels) of gold and silver but also those wooden ones and earthen ones: some, for honorable use; others, for dishonorable use.

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25

The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →

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