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Isaiah 45:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 45:7-9
Contemporary English Version
7 I create light and darkness,
happiness and sorrow.
I, the Lord, do all this.
8 Tell the heavens
to send down justice
like showers of rain.
Prepare the earth
for my saving power
to sprout and produce justice
that I, the Lord, create.[a]
The Lord's Mighty Power
The Lord said:
9 (A) Israel, you have no right
to argue with your Creator.
You are merely a clay pot
shaped by a potter.
The clay doesn't ask,
“Why did you make me this way?
Where are the handles?”
Footnotes
- 45.8 Prepare … create: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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