Isaiah 29:16
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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 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”?
In other translations
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 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”?
Hebrew words
הַפְכְּכֶםhafkekhemperversity yourH2017אִם־'im-<if>?H518כְּחֹמֶרkechomerlike [the] clay ofH2563הַיֹּצֵרhaiyotzerthe potterH3335יֵחָשֵׁבyechashevwill he be regardedH2803כִּי־ki-thatH3588יֹאמַרyomarit will sayH559מַעֲשֶׂהma'aseha thing madeH4639לְעֹשֵׂהוּle'osehuto [the] [one who] made itH6213לֹאlo'notH3808עָשָׂנִי'asanihe made meH6213וְיֵצֶרveyetzerand a potH3336אָמַר'amarit saidH559לְיוֹצְרוֹleyotzroto potter itsH3335לֹאlo'notH3808הֵבִין׃hevinhe has understoodH995
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