Isaiah 45:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.

⁸Shower, O heavens, from above,
    and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,^[a]
    and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
    I the Lord have created it.

⁹Woe to you who strive with your Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter!^[b]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?

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Footnotes

Isaiah 45:8 Q Ms: MT that they may bring forth salvation
Isaiah 45:9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds, or with the potters

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