Isaiah 45:9-13

New King James Version

⁹ “Woe to him who strives with ^(A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
^(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
¹⁰ Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

¹¹ Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
^(C)“Ask Me of things to come concerning ^(D)My sons;
And concerning ^(E)the work of My hands, you command Me.
^12 (F)I have made the earth,
And ^(G)created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And ^(H)all their host I have commanded.
^13 (I)I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will ^[a]direct all his ways;
He shall ^(J)build My city
And let My exiles go free,
^(K)Not for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.