Isaiah 45:5–10

5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;g

there is no God but me.h

I will strengthenC you,

though you do not know me,

6 so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting

that there is no one but me.i

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

7 I form light and create darkness,j

I make success and create disaster;k

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

8 “Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.l

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.m

I, the Lord, have created it.

9 “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—

one clay pot among many.A

Does clay say to the one forming it,

‘What are you making?’n

Or does your work say,

‘He has no hands’?B

10 Woe to the one who says to his father,

‘What are you fathering?’

or to his mother,C

‘What are you giving birth to?’ ”