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Isaiah 45:10

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8 Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”

11 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
KJV
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
WEB
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’”
ASV
Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
DARBY
Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? Or to [his] mother, What hast thou brought forth?
BLB
Woe [to] the one saying to [his] father, ‘What are you begetting? Or to a woman, ‘What have you brought forth?”
ÅB
Ve den som sier til sin far: Hvorfor avler du? og til kvinnen: Hvorfor føder du?
OTB
Ve dem som spør en far: ‘Hva har du avlet?’ eller en mor: ‘Hva har du født?’
B1930
Ve den som sier til sin far: Hvorfor avler du? og til kvinnen: Hvorfor føder du?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Malachi 1:6

    “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

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  • Deuteronomy 27:16

    ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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  • Hebrews 12:9

    Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

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