Yesaya 45:11

45:11 This is what the Lord says,

the Holy One of Israel, ¹  the one who formed him,

concerning things to come: ² 

“How dare you question me ³  about my children!

How dare you tell me what to do with ⁴  the work of my own hands!

Mazmur 94:8-9

94:8 Take notice of this, ⁵  you ignorant people! ⁶ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

94:9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?

Does the one who forms the human eye not see? ⁷ 

[45:11]  ¹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[45:11]  ² tc The Hebrew text reads “the one who formed him, the coming things.” Among various suggestions, some have proposed an emendation of יֹצְרוֹ (yotsÿro, “the one who formed him”) to יֹצֵר (yotser, “the one who forms”; the suffixed form in the Hebrew text may be influenced by vv. 9-10, where the same form appears twice) and takes “coming things” as the object of the participle (either objective genitive or accusative): “the one who brings the future into being.”

[45:11]  ³ tn Heb “Ask me” The rhetorical command sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.

[45:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Do you command me about…?” The rhetorical question sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.

[94:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[94:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “The one who plants an ear, does he not hear? The one who forms an eye, does he not see?”