Isaiah 29:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Your turning of deuises shal it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?

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  • Rom 9:19-21 : 19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will? 20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?
  • Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise? 9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe be vnto him that striueth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shall the clay say to him that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, It hath none hands? 10 Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth? 11 Thus saith the Lord, the holy one of Israel, and his maker, Aske me of things to come concerning my sonnes, and concerning the workes of mine hands: commande you me.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.
  • Jer 18:1-9 : 1 The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words. 3 Then I went downe to the potters house, & behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles. 4 And the vessell that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter. so he returned, and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, sayth the Lord? beholde, as the clay is in the potters hande, so are you in mine hande, O house of Israel. 7 I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it. 8 But if this nation, against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their wickednesse, I will repent of the plague that I thought to bring vpon them. 9 And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to builde it and to plant it. 10 But if it do euill in my sight and heare not my voyce, I will repent of ye good that I thought to do for them.
  • Acts 17:6 : 6 But when they found them not, they drew Iason & certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are,
  • Isa 24:1 : 1 Beholde, the Lorde maketh the earth emptie, and hee maketh it waste: hee turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitants thereof.

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    9Woe be vnto him that striueth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shall the clay say to him that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, It hath none hands?

    10Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth?

    11Thus saith the Lord, the holy one of Israel, and his maker, Aske me of things to come concerning my sonnes, and concerning the workes of mine hands: commande you me.

  • Jer 18:2-6
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    79%

    2Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words.

    3Then I went downe to the potters house, & behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles.

    4And the vessell that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter. so he returned, and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

    5Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

    6O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, sayth the Lord? beholde, as the clay is in the potters hande, so are you in mine hande, O house of Israel.

  • Rom 9:20-21
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    20But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

    21Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?

  • Isa 64:8
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    8But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

  • Isa 29:17
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    17Is it not yet but a litle while, and Lebanon shall be turned into Carmel? and Carmel shall be counted as a forest?

  • Job 38:14
    73%

    14It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.

  • Isa 44:9-11
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    9All they that make an image, are vanitie, and their delectable things shall nothing profite: & they are their owne witnesses, that they see not nor know: therefore they shalbe confounded.

    10Who hath made a god, or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?

    11Beholde, all that are of the felowship thereof, shall be confounded: for the workemen themselues are men: let them all be gathered together, and stand vp, yet they shall feare, and be confounded together.

  • Isa 29:14-15
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    14Therefore behold, I wil againe doe a marueilous worke in this people, euen a marueilous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish, and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.

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    50Hath not mine hand made all these things?

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    8Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?

    9Remeber, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

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    2Thus sayth the Lord, the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, and established it, the Lord is his Name.

  • Isa 41:24
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    24Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.

  • Isa 40:18-19
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    18To whom then wil ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?

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    14And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broken without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not found a sheard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

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    26Hast thou not heard howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and layde on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

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    18For thus saith the Lorde (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, & made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.

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    8They that make them are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

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    20Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, & the holy one of Israel hath created it.

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    15He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?

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    18They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

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