Isaiah 45:9

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Woe unto him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What do you make? or of your work, He has no hands?

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Cyril of Alexandria

AD 444

This is a deep saying, veiled in much obscurity, yet at the same time very useful and true. I think I ought to make a brief preliminary exposition of what it is driving at. In this way my readers will find it more accessible and easier to understand. Thus the God of all things freed Israel from Egypt, rescued them from the error of polytheism and brought them by the law of Moses from the chicanery of the demons to the dawn of the true knowledge of God. He taught them to worship a single God and bow down before a single Lord. Then by means of types and shadows he wanted to raise them up to what was still better and more perfect, that is, to the things that are in Christ. For the law was a preliminary instructor and was laid down until the time of setting aright. This came with the advent of our Savior Jesus Christ, when he set aside the shadow of the commandments of the law and the types found in the letter and introduced to those on earth the beauty of worship in spirit and in truth op... Read More

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Earthen. Literally, "Samian. "(Haydock) Samos was famous for its pottery. (Pliny, xxxv. 12.) Hebrew, "Clay, disputest thou against the potters of the earth? "He shows the folly of idols, after having proved his own divinity. (Calmet) Protestants, "Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth. "(Haydock)

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