^{9 Ref} Woe to him who strives with his Maker--a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?"

^{10 Ref} Woe to him who says to a father, "What have you become the father of?" or to a woman, "With what do you travail?"

^{11 Ref} Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command you me.