17 All the nations are as nothing before Him;
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.(A)

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17 Before him all the nations(A) are as nothing;(B)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.(C)

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13 Also, from today on I am He alone,
and none can deliver from My hand.(A)
I act, and who can reverse it?”(B)

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13     Yes, and from ancient days(A) I am he.(B)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(C)

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“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.[a]
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’(A)
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:9 Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
  2. Isaiah 45:9 Or making? Your work has no hands.

“Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
    ‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(F)

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20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God?(A) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”(B)

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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9