5I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
6So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
9Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
10Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?
11The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?
