You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pottery say of the potter, "He has no understanding"? Cross References Romans 9:19 One of you will say to me, "Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?" Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, "Why did You make me like this?" Psalm 103:14 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker--one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands'? Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Jeremiah 18:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Treasury of Scripture Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? your turning Isaiah 24:1 Acts 17:6 as the potter's Isaiah 45:9,10 Jeremiah 18:1-10 Romans 9:19,21 or shall Isaiah 45:11 Psalm 94:8,9 |