Psalm 135:6
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6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.(A)
Isaiah 40:15
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15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
Isaiah 40:17
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17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(A)
Isaiah 43:13
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13 Indeed, since that day I am he;
there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can hinder it?(A)
Isaiah 45:9
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
Footnotes
- 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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