Isaiah 29:16

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Isaiah 29:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

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”?

17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

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Isaiah 45:10

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

Jeremiah 18:1

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Jeremiah 18:2

“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”

Jeremiah 18:3

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Jeremiah 18:4

But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

Jeremiah 18:5

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Jeremiah 18:6

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Jeremiah 18:7

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Jeremiah 18:8

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Jeremiah 18:9

And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

Jeremiah 18:10

and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.

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One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

Romans 9:21

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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?

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Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Psalms 94:9

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