Isaiah 45:9-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.[a]
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’(A)
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?[b]
10 How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
11 This is what the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel(B) and its Maker, says:
“Ask Me what is to happen to[c] My sons,(C)
and instruct Me about the work of My hands.(D)
12 I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,(E)
and I commanded all their host.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness,(F)
and will level all roads for him.
He will rebuild My city,(G)
and set My exiles free,(H)
not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord of Hosts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:9 Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
- Isaiah 45:9 Or making? Your work has no hands.
- Isaiah 45:11 Or Me the coming things about
Isaiah 45:9-13
International Standard Version
9 “Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers,[a]
a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the[b] earth!
Woe to the one who says[c] to the one forming him,
‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no human[d] hands?’!
10 Woe to the[e] one who says to his father,
‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’!”
11 This is what the Lord[f] says,
the Creator of the signs:
“Question me about my children,[g]
or give me orders about the work of my hands.
12 I myself made the earth
and personally created humankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the skies;
I marshaled all their starry hosts.”
God will Bless Cyrus
13 “I have aroused him[h] in righteousness,
and I’ll make all his pathways smooth.
It is he who will rebuild my city
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price nor reward, ”
says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads maker
- Isaiah 45:9 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks the
- Isaiah 45:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read Will clay say
- Isaiah 45:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack human
- Isaiah 45:10 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks the
- Isaiah 45:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX 1QIsaa corrector reads the Lord, the Holy One of Israel
- Isaiah 45:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; Lit. my sons and daughters; MT reads says, and its creator: Question me of things to come about my children
- Isaiah 45:13 I.e. Cyrus, king of Persia
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