Isaiah 45:9

Woe 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

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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

In Context

8You heavens, rain down from above! Let the skies rain down righteousness. 1 Let the earth absorb it, that salvation may sprout up, 1 and righteousness spring up together with it. I, Yahweh, have created them both. 1

10Woe 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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Cross References

Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; 1 who has ever hardened himself against him and succeeded?— 1

Job 10:9Call to mind, I beg you, that you have fashioned me like clay; 1 will you bring me into dust again? 1

Job 40:2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand together 1 and the rulers conspire together 1 against Yahweh and against his Messiah, saying, 1

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all. 1

Isaiah 29:16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, 1 so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” 1 or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”? 1

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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