Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 45:10

"Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?" — Isaiah 45:10 (ASV)

Woe unto him ... — The implied argument is that men accept the accident of birth without questioning father or mother concerning what lay beyond the control of either. Should they not a fortiori accept what God orders for nations and individual men?