Isaiah 45:11

Translations

Modern

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

Literal

Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel, and the One having made him: “Will you ask Me of things to come? About My sons and about the work of My hands, will you command Me?

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus, Sanctus Israël, plastes ejus: Ventura interrogate me; super filios meos et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

Notes

Isaiah 45:9–11

pot … the potter … him … his father: It is foolish for a creature to question the wisdom of its creator.

Isaiah 45:9–13

The Lord addresses those who doubt his decision to use a non-believing king for his plans. As the Creator, he is free and has complete authority. He promised to return his people to their land and would use anyone he chooses to fulfill that promise.

Theme notes and profiles

Cyrus II Isaiah The Medes and Persians God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The Creation

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Ezekiel 36:37
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Isaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 29:23
For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Isaiah 43:21
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
Hosea 12:4
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
Isaiah 43:15
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

Parallels

2 Chronicles 36:22–23 Ezra 1:1–4

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom Righteousness

Topics

Condescension of God: Scriptures Relating To God: Foreknowledge of

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