Verse 16
Isaiah 29:16
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ֨פְכְּ/כֶ֔ם אִם כְּ/חֹ֥מֶר הַ/יֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְ/עֹשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔/נִי וְ/יֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְ/יוֹצְר֖/וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין
English Translation
"Will you say to your maker, 'He did not make me,' or to the potter, 'He does not understand?'"
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