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Isaiah 45:9-12 (Listen)

9 d“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,

a pot among earthen pots!

eDoes the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’

or ‘Your work has no handles’?

10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’

or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”

11 Thus says fthe Lord,

the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:

g“Ask me of things to come;

will you command me hconcerning my children and ithe work of my hands?1

12 jI made the earth

and created man on it;

it was my hands kthat stretched out the heavens,

and lI commanded all their host.

[1] 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?

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