Isa 29:16, 45:9-11 | ESV | STEP | You turn things upside down ! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay , that the thing made should say of its maker , He did not make me ; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding ?

Isaiah 29:16

16 ^aYou turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
“He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 45:9-11

9 ^b“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
^cDoes the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11 Thus says ^dthe Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
^e“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me ^fconcerning my children and ^gthe work of my hands? ^{▼▼A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?}