¹⁶ Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the ^(A)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

43 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, ^(A)for I have redeemed you;
^(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.

^21 (A)This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My ^(B)praise.