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)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
    ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
    ‘What have you brought to birth?’

¹¹ “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One^(G) of Israel, and its Maker:^(H)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?^(I)
12 It is I who made the earth^(J)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;^(K)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.^(L)
13 I will raise up Cyrus^[a](M) in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.^(N)
He will rebuild my city^(O)
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,^(P)
    says the Lord Almighty.”