Isaiah 29:16
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Note Cited in Romans 9:20
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- your turning
- Isaiah 24:1; Acts 17:6
- as the potter's
- Isaiah 45:9, 10; Jeremiah 18:1–10; Romans 9:19, 21
- or shall
- Isaiah 45:11; Psalm 94:8, 9