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Woe to him who strives with his Maker—
    a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth!
Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
    or your work, ‘He has no hands?’
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’
    or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’”

11 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel
    and his Maker says:
“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons,
    and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it.
    I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens.
    I have commanded all their army.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness,
    and I will make all his ways straight.
He shall build my city,
    and he shall let my exiles go free,
    not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies.

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Woe to him who strives with his Maker,
    the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to the potter,
    “What are you making?”
Or the thing you are making say,
    “He has no hands”?
10 Woe to him who says to his father,
    “What are you begetting?”
Or to the woman,
    “To what are you giving birth?”

11 Thus says the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel and his Maker:
Ask Me of things to come
    concerning My sons,
    and you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.
12 I have made the earth
    and created man on it.
I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens,
    and I have ordained all their host.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness,
    and I will direct all his ways;
he shall build My city,
    and he shall let My captives go,
neither for price nor reward,
    says the Lord of Hosts.

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