^9 (A)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
    a pot among earthen pots!
^(B)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
    or ‘Your work has no handles’?

²³ “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
    Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
    Against ^(A)the Holy One of Israel!
²⁴ By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
    and you have said, ^(B)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
    to the far recesses of Lebanon,
^(C)to cut down its tallest cedars,
    its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
    its most fruitful forest.

¹⁵ Shall ^(A)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!