OET interlinear ISA 45:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) any other earthen pot among all the earthen pots in the ground

(Some words not found in UHB: woe quarrels DOM the_[one_of,who]_formed_him potsherd DOM potsherds_of soil/ground does,it_say? clay to,the_[one_of,who]_forms_it what you(ms)_will_make and,work_of,your not hands to=him/it )

Yahweh speaks of himself as if he were a potter, and of the one who would argue with him as if that person and the rest of humanity were all clay pots. Alternate translation: “like one piece of pottery among many other pieces of pottery scattered on the ground”

(Occurrence 0) earthen pot

(Some words not found in UHB: woe quarrels DOM the_[one_of,who]_formed_him potsherd DOM potsherds_of soil/ground does,it_say? clay to,the_[one_of,who]_forms_it what you(ms)_will_make and,work_of,your not hands to=him/it )

This could mean: (1) “clay pot” or (2) “piece of broken clay pottery.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Does the clay say to the potter … on it’?

(Some words not found in UHB: woe quarrels DOM the_[one_of,who]_formed_him potsherd DOM potsherds_of soil/ground does,it_say? clay to,the_[one_of,who]_forms_it what you(ms)_will_make and,work_of,your not hands to=him/it )

Yahweh asks this question to rebuke those who argue with him about what he does. Alternate translation: “The clay should not say to the potter … on it!’”