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Isaiah 29:16 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Isaiah 29:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 29 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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?”
Isaiah 29:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 29:16
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay (הַפְכְּכֶם אִם־כְּחֹמֶר הַיֹּצֵר יֵחָשֵׁב, hafkekhem im-kechomer hayotser yechasev)—their הֶפֶךְ (hefekh, overturning, perversion) treats God like חֹמֶר (chomer, clay) to be molded. For shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? (כִּי־יֹאמַר מַעֲשֶׂה לְעֹשֵׂהוּ לֹא עָשָׂנִי, ki-yomar ma'aseh le'osehu lo asani). Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? (וְיֵצֶר אָמַר לְיוֹצְרוֹ לֹא הֵבִין, veyetser amar leyotsro lo hevin)—the יֵצֶר (yetser, thing formed) claims its...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 29:16
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“Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
“Yahweh”
“'What are you making?' or your work”
“you senseless among the people; you fools”
“saying”
“Yahweh makes the earth empty”