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I form light and create darkness,
    I make weal and create woe;
    I the Lord do all these things.

Shower, O heavens, from above,
    and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,[a]
    and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
    I the Lord have created it.

Woe to you who strive with your Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![b]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
    or ‘Your work has no handles’?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:8 Q Ms: MT that they may bring forth salvation
  2. Isaiah 45:9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds, or with the potters

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