Isaiah 45
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Isaiah 45:7-10

7The One 1formingH3335 lightH216 and 2creatingH1254 darknessH2822, CausingH6213 3well-beingH7965 and 4creatingH1254 disasterH7451; I am the LordH3068 who doesH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428.

8“5DripH7491 downH7491, heavensH8064, from aboveH4605, And let the cloudsH7834 pourH5140 downH5140 righteousnessH6664; Let the 6earthH776 openH6605 upH6605 and salvationH3468 bearH6509 fruitH6509, 7And righteousnessH6666 sproutH6779 with it. I, the LordH3068, have createdH1254 it.

9“WoeH1945 to the one who 8quarrelsH7378 with 9his MakerH3335-- A pieceH2789 ofH2789 potteryH2789 10amongH854 the other earthenwareH127 potteryH2789 piecesH2789! Will the 11clayH2563 sayH559 to the 12potterH3335, ‘WhatH4100 are you doingH6213?’ Or the thingH6467 you are makingH6467 say, ‘He hasH369 noH369 handsH3027’?10WoeH1945 to him who saysH559 to a fatherH1, ‘WhatH4100 are you fatheringH3205?’ Or to a womanH802, ‘To whatH4100 are you 13givingH2342 birthH2342?’”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 45:7 Is 42:16 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 45:7 Ps 104:20; 105:28 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 45:7 Or peace ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 45:7 Is 31:2; 47:11; Amos 3:6 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 45:8 Ps 72:6; Hos 10:12; 14:5; Joel 3:18 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 45:8 Ps 85:11 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 45:8 Is 60:21; 61:11 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 45:9 Job 15:25; 40:8, 9; Ps 2:2, 3; Prov 21:30; Jer 50:24 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 45:9 Lit He who formed him ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 45:9 Lit with ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 45:9 Is 29:16; 64:8; Jer 18:6; Rom 9:20, 21 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 45:9 Lit he who formed him ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 45:10 Lit in labor pains with ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 45

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