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 unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

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