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You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn`t make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?
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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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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Surely your turning of things upside down — Your perversion of all things. They had no just views of truth. They deemed mere formal…
19th Century
Anglican
Surely your turning of things upside down. —The words are better taken as exclamatory, O your perversity! Isaiah…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Surely your turning of things upside down Revolving things in their minds, throwing them into different shapes, forming v…
The complacency of sinners in sinful ways, is a cause for lamentation and wonder. The learned, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies w…
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to Ariel. In this part, he presents a threat against the people or against the city, and this is divided into two parts.
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