Yesaya 45:9

The Lord Gives a Warning

45:9 One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, ¹ 

one who is like a mere ²  shard among the other shards on the ground!

The clay should not say to the potter, ³ 

“What in the world ⁴  are you doing?

Your work lacks skill!” ⁵ 

Yesaya 61:4

61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins

and restore the places that were desolate; ⁶ 

they will reestablish the ruined cities,

the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

Yesaya 63:12

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ⁷ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ⁸ 

[45:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] the one who argues with the one who formed him.”

[45:9]  ² tn The words “one who is like a mere” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and clarification.

[45:9]  ³ tn Heb “Should the clay say to the one who forms it?” The rhetorical question anticipates a reply, “Of course not!”

[45:9]  ⁴ tn The words “in the world” are supplied in the translation to approximate in English idiom the force of the sarcastic question.

[45:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “your work, there are no hands for it,” i.e., “your work looks like something made by a person who has no hands.”

[61:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”

[63:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”