Isa 45:9, Jer 18:6, Rom 9:20-23 | ESV | STEP | Woe to him who strives with him who formed him , a pot among earthen pots ! Does the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making ? or Your work has no handles ?

Isaiah 45:9

9 ^a“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
^bDoes the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?

Jeremiah 18:6

6 “O house of Israel, ^ccan I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. ^dBehold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Romans 9:20-23

20 But who are you, O man, ^eto answer back to God? ^fWill what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 ^gHas the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump ^hone vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ⁱvessels of wrath ^jprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^kthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^lhas prepared beforehand for glory—