Isaiah 29:16
This thought of you is wayward, as if clay think against a potter, and the work say to his maker, Thou madest not me; and a thing made, say to his maker, Thou understandest not.This verse in the real world
In what words
- הֹפֶךְhôphekan upset, i.e. (abstract) perversity
- יֵצֶרyêtsera form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
- חֹמֶרchômerproperly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a he
- יָצַרyâtsarto mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resol
- חָשַׁבchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricat
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 9:19–21, Isa 64:8, Isa 45:9–11, Psa 94:8–9, Jer 18:1–10, Isa 24:1