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
Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.(A)
Jeremiah 18:3
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3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.
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Jeremiah 18:4
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4 The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
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Sirach 33:13
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13 Like clay in the hand of the potter,
to be molded as he pleases,
so are humans in the hand of their Maker,
to be given whatever he decides.(A)
Romans 9:21
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21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(A)
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