Verse 9

Wo `to' him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:20-21 : 20 nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus? 21 hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?
  • Isa 29:16 : 16 Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 And now, O Jehovah, thou `art' our Father, We `are' the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us.
  • Jer 18:6 : 6 As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So `are' ye in My hand, O house of Israel.
  • Jer 50:24 : 24 I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 -- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
  • Exod 9:16-17 : 16 `And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth; 17 still thou art exalting thyself against My people -- so as not to send them away;
  • Job 15:24-26 : 24 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster. 25 For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty. 26 He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
  • Job 40:8-9 : 8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous? 9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
  • Ps 2:2-9 : 2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: 3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.' 4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. 5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: 6 `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.' 7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou `art', I to-day have brought thee forth. 8 Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth. 9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'