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forming light, and making darknesses, making peace, and forming evil; I am the Lord, doing all these things.

Heavens, send ye out dew from above, and clouds, rain (ye on) a just man; the earth be opened, and bring forth the saviour, and rightfulness be born together; I the Lord have made him of nought. (Heavens, send ye out dew from above, and clouds, rain ye down righteousness; let the earth be opened, and bring forth the fruit of salvation, and let righteousness be born together with it; I the Lord have made it all out of nothing.)

Woe to him that against-saith his maker, (he who is but) a tilestone of [the] earth of sands. Whether [the] clay saith to his potter, What makest thou(?), and thy work is without hands? (Woe to him who saith against, or contendest with, his Maker, he who is but a piece of tilestone, formed of the sands of the earth. Can the clay really say to its potter, What makest thou? or his work say to him, Thou hast no skill!)

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“You heavens above, rain(C) down my righteousness;(D)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(E) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

“Woe to those who quarrel(F) with their Maker,(G)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(H)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(I)
    ‘What are you making?’(J)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(K)

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