Isaiah 45:9-10

Cyrus, God's Instrument

⁹ _d "Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
_e Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?'
or 'Your work has no handles'?
¹⁰ Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?'
or to a woman, 'With what are you in labor?'"

1. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 6:10
   Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
   Isaiah 10:15
   Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 64:8
   But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
   Romans 9:20
   But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?