“Woe to the one who (A)quarrels with [a]his Maker—
A piece of pottery [b]among the other earthenware pottery pieces!
Will the (B)clay say to the [c]potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?

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  1. Isaiah 45:9 Lit He who formed him
  2. Isaiah 45:9 Lit with
  3. Isaiah 45:9 Lit he who formed him

“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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But now, Lord, (A)You are our Father;
We are the (B)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the (C)work of Your hand.

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Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)

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15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your (A)eye [a]envious because I am [b]generous?’

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  1. Matthew 20:15 Lit evil
  2. Matthew 20:15 Lit good

15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)

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21 Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object [a]for honorable use, and another [b]for common use?

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  1. Romans 9:21 Lit for honor
  2. Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor

21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(A)

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