10 How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
11 This is what the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel(A) and its Maker, says:
“Ask Me what is to happen to[a] My sons,(B)
and instruct Me about the work of My hands.(C)
12 I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,(D)
and I commanded all their host.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:11 Or Me the coming things about

10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
    ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
    ‘What have you brought to birth?’

11 “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One(A) of Israel, and its Maker:(B)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?(C)
12 It is I who made the earth(D)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;(E)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.(F)

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