Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֶרֶשׂcheresa piece of pottery
- חֹמֶרchômerproperly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a he
- פֹּעַלpôʻalan act or work (concretely)
- הוֹיhôwyoh!
- יָצַרyâtsarto mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resol
- רִיבrîybproperly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy;
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 64:8, Rom 9:20–21, Isa 10:15, Jer 18:6, Isa 29:16, Pro 21:30, Job 40:8–9, Psa 2:2–9