Isaiah 45:9-13
English Standard Version
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’?
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 (C)the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(D)“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me (E)concerning my children and (F)the work of my hands?[a]
12 (G)I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands (H)that stretched out the heavens,
and (I)I commanded all their host.
13 (J)I have stirred him up in righteousness,
(K)and I will make all his ways level;
(L)he shall build my city
(M)and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
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 Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.