⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel^(A) with their Maker,^(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(D)
    ‘What are you making?’^(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(F)

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(C)

¹⁶ You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!^(A)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed^(B) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,^(C)
    “You know nothing”?^(D)

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(A)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(B) brandish the one who is not wood!

³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?^(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?^(B)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s,^(C)
    and can your voice^(D) thunder like his?^(E)

²⁴ I set a trap^(A) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured^(B)
    because you opposed^(C) the Lord.