Verse 9

Woe to him who strives with his Maker--a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?"

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:20-21 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" 21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
  • Isa 29:16 : 16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Jer 18:6 : 6 House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
  • Jer 50:24 : 24 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? as if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
  • Exod 9:16-17 : 16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; 17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
  • Job 15:24-26 : 24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; 26 He runs at him with a stiff neck, With the thick shields of his bucklers;
  • Job 40:8-9 : 8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? 9 Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
  • Ps 2:2-9 : 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed,{The word "anointed" is the same as the word for "Messiah" or "Christ"} saying, 3 "Let's break their bonds apart, And cast away their cords from us." 4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, And terrify them in his wrath: 6 "Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion." 7 I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father. 8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."