Isaiah 45:2-12

2 "I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.
3 I will give you treasures from dark, secret places; then you will know that I am the Lord and that the God of Israel has called you by name.
4 I appoint you to help my servant Israel, the people that I have chosen. I have given you great honor, although you do not know me.
5 "I am the Lord; there is no other god. I will give you the strength you need, although you do not know me.
6 I do this so that everyone from one end of the world to the other may know that I am the Lord and that there is no other god.
7 I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 I will send victory from the sky like rain; the earth will open to receive it and will blossom with freedom and justice. I, the Lord, will make this happen."
9 Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, 1 a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?
10 Do we dare say to our parents, "Why did you make me like this?"
11 The Lord, the holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future, says: "You have no right to question me about my children or to tell me what I ought to do!
12 I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there. By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 45.9Isaiah 29.16;Romans 9.20.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.