Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you fathering?' or to a woman, 'What are you giving birth to?' 1

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In The King James Version

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

In Context

9Woe to anyone who argues with the one who formed him, to him who is like any other earthen pot among all the earthen pots in the ground! 1 Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles on it'? 1

11This is what Yahweh says, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker: 1 'Why do you ask questions about what I will do for my children? Do you tell me what to do concerning the work of my hands?' 1

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Cross References

Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. If I, then, am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is the reverence for me?” says Yahweh of hosts to you priests, who despise my name. “But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11

The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →

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