Isaias

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let her cause righteousness to spring up together: I the Lord have created it.

9, Ah, he that. striveth with him that formed him ! a potsherd among potsherds of the ground. Shall the clay say to the potter, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands!

10 Ah, he that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, Wherewith travailest thou?

11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy one of Israel, and he that formed him; Ask me of coming things concerning my sons, and command me concerning the work of my hands.

12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

13 I have roused him up in righteousness, and I will level all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall send forthl my captivity, not for hire, and not for a present, saith the Lord of hosts.

14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over unto thee, and becOme thine; they shall go after thee, in chains shall they pass over, and they shall bow down to thee, they shall pray unto thee: Only in thee is God, and there is none else, no God at all.

15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, Saviour.