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“Woe to the one who (A)contends with his [a]Maker—
An earthenware vessel [b]among the vessels of earth!
Will the (B)clay say to the [c]potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor pains?’”

11 Thus says (C)Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his [d](D)Maker:

[e](E)Ask Me about the things that are to come [f]concerning My (F)sons,
And you shall [g]commit to Me (G)the work of My hands.
12 It is I who (H)made the earth and created man upon it.
I (I)stretched out the heavens with My hands,
And I commanded (J)all their host.
13 I have awakened him in (K)righteousness,
And I will (L)make all his ways smooth;
He will (M)build My city and will (N)let My exiles go,
Without any payment or reward,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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  1. Isaiah 45:9 Lit Fashioner
  2. Isaiah 45:9 Lit with
  3. Isaiah 45:9 Lit Fashioner
  4. Isaiah 45:11 Lit Fashioner
  5. Isaiah 45:11 Or Will you ask...?
  6. Isaiah 45:11 Or upon
  7. Isaiah 45:11 Lit command

Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
    or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
10 Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
    or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 Thus says the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[b] about my children
    or command me concerning the work of my hands?(B)
12 I made the earth
    and created humankind upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
    and I commanded all their host.(C)
13 I have aroused Cyrus[c] in righteousness,
    and I will make all his paths straight;
he shall build my city
    and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,
    says the Lord of hosts.(D)

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  1. 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
  2. 45.11 Cn: Heb Ask me of things to come
  3. 45.13 Heb him