Isaiah 45:9 Cross References - Leeser

⁹ Woe unto him that contendeth with the one who formed him—a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

¹⁶ But for this cause have I allowed thee to remain, in order to show thee my power; and in order that they may proclaim my name throughout all the earth. ¹⁷ If thou dost yet wantonly oppress my people, so as not to let them go:

²⁴ Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle. ²⁵ Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty; ²⁶ And he had run against him, with an extended neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;

⁸ Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous? ⁹ But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:

² The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed: ³ “Let us break asunder their bands, and cast away from us their cords.” ⁴ He who dwelleth in the heavens will laugh: the Lord will hold them in derision. ⁵ Then will he speak unto them in his anger, and in his displeasure will he terrify them. ⁶ Saying, Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount. ⁷ I will announce the decree, the Lord hath said unto me, “My son art thou: I have indeed this day begotten thee. ⁸ Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth. ⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter’s vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself over him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that swingeth it? as if the rod should swing about those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up him who is no wood.

¹⁶ Oh your perverseness! shall the potter be esteemed as the clay? that the work shall say of its maker, He hath not made me? or shall the thing framed say of its framer, He had no understanding?

^{8 (64:7)} But now, O Lord, our father art thou; we are the clay, and thou our fashioner; and the work of thy hand are we all.

⁶ Shall I not be able to do unto you as this potter, O house of Israel? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

²⁴ I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also captured, O Babylon, while thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hadst entered into a contest against the Lord.