Isaiah 45: 9

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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
ISAIAH

CHAPTER 45

9 Woe unto him that ^astriveth with his ^bMaker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the ^cclay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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9a	Job 9: 3 (1-4) 3 If he will ^acontend with him, he cannot answer him ^bone of a thousand. Eccl. 6: 10. 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he ^acontend with him that is mightier than he. Jacob 4: 10. 10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to ^acounsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in ^bwisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.
b	Hosea 8: 14. 14 For Israel hath forgotten his ^aMaker, and buildeth ^btemples; and Judah hath multiplied ^cfenced cities: but I will send a ^dfire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
c	Isa. 29: 16. 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the ^awork say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? Isa. 64: 8. 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our ^afather; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the ^bwork of thy hand. Jer. 18: 6. 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this ^apotter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. Rom. 9: 21. 21 Hath not the ^apotter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?