Isaiah 45:7-11
English Standard Version
7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and (A)create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8 (B)“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and (C)let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
9 (D)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
(E)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11 Thus says (F)the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(G)“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me (H)concerning my children and (I)the work of my hands?[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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