8. “Heavens, sprinkle from above,and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open upso that salvation will sproutand righteousness will spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
9. “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker —one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it,‘What are you making?’ Or does your work say,‘He has no hands’?
10. How absurd is the one who says to his father,‘What are you fathering?’or to his mother,‘What are you giving birth to? ’ ”
11. This is what the Lord,the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says:“Ask Me what is to happen to My sons, and instruct Me about the work of My hands.
12. I made the earth,and created man on it.It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him.He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,”says the Lord of Hosts.
14. This is what the Lord says:The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cushand the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours;they will follow you,they will come over in chainsand bow down to you.They will confess to you:God is indeed with you, and there is no other;there is no other God.
15. Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior.