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The Potter and the Clay
Commentators unanimously highlight the central analogy: humans are the clay, and God is the Potter. To question God's ways, ignore His commands, or think we can hide our actions from Him is as absurd as a pot denying its own maker or accusing the potter of having no skill. It's a complete reversal of the proper Creator-creature relationship.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 29:16
18th Century
Theologian
Surely your turning of things upside down — Your perversion of all things. They had no just views of truth. They deemed mere formal…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 29:16
19th Century
Bishop
Surely your turning of things upside down. —The words are better taken as exclamatory, O your perversity! Isaiah…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 29:16
16th Century
Theologian
Is your turning reckoned like potter’s clay! There are various ways of explaining this verse, and indeed, there is some difficulty on acco…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 29:16
17th Century
Pastor
Surely your turning of things upside down Revolving things in their minds, throwing them into different shapes, forming v…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 29:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The complacency of sinners in sinful ways, is a cause for lamentation and wonder. The learned, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies w…