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18 So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

19 Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?

20 Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(A)

19 One of you will say to me:(B) “Then why does God still blame us?(C) For who is able to resist his will?”(D) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(E) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(F) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9