8 Rain down from above, you heavens,and pour down righteousness, you skies.Let the earth open.Let salvation and righteousness sprout.Let them spring up.I, the Lord, have created them.
9 How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker.He is pottery among other earthenware pots.Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?”Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?
10 How horrible it will be for the onewho says to his father, “Why did you conceive me?”or to his mother, “Why did you go through labor pains for me?”
11 The Lord is the Holy One and the maker of Israel.This is what the Lord says:Ask me about what is going to happen to my children!Are you going to give me orders concerning my handiwork?
12 I made the earth and created humans on it.I stretched out the heavens with my own hands.I commanded all the stars ⌊to shine⌋.
13 I prepared Cyrus for my righteous purpose.I will make all his roads straight.He will build my city and let my exiles go freewithout any payment or any reward, says the Lord of Armies.
14 This is what the Lord says:The products from Egypt, the merchandise from Sudan,and the important Sabaeans will come to you.They will belong to you.They will follow you.They will come to you in chains.They will bow to you and pray to you,“Certainly God is with you alone, and there is no other God.”