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Isaiah 45

Isa. 45:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
unto him that striveth
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with his Maker
yatsar (Hebrew #3335)
((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape)
! Let the potsherd
cheres (Hebrew #2789)
a piece of pottery
KJV usage: earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
Pronounce: kheh'-res
Origin: a collateral form mediating between 2775 and 2791
y strive with the potsherds
cheres (Hebrew #2789)
a piece of pottery
KJV usage: earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
Pronounce: kheh'-res
Origin: a collateral form mediating between 2775 and 2791
of the earth
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
. Shall the clay
chomer (Hebrew #2563)
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
KJV usage: clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
Pronounce: kho'mer
Origin: from 2560
say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to him that fashioneth
yatsar (Hebrew #3335)
((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape)
it, What makest
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
thou? or thy work
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
, He hath no hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Jer. 18:6• 6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jer. 18:6)

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Cross References

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Isa. 64:8• 8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)
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Ex. 9:16‑17• 16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
 17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? (Ex. 9:16‑17)
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Job 15:24‑26• 24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
 25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
 26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: (Job 15:24‑26)
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Job 40:8‑9• 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
 9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (Job 40:8‑9)
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Psa. 2:2‑9• 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
 5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
 6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
 7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
 8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psa. 2:2‑9)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. (Prov. 21:30)
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Jer. 50:24• 24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. (Jer. 50:24)
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1 Cor. 10:22• 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)
Shall the clay.
Isa. 10:15• 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. (Isa. 10:15)
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Isa. 29:16• 16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? (Isa. 29:16)
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Jer. 18:6• 6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jer. 18:6)
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Rom. 9:20‑21• 20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
 21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? (Rom. 9:20‑21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherdsc of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy workd, He hath no hands?

JND Translation Notes

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Some read "with his Maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth."
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"Finished work" done with a purpose, as Deut. 32.4. see chs. 5.12; 41.24; "act," 59.6; Ps. 64.9.