5 "I am the Lord , and there is no other ; Besides Me there is no God . I will gird you, though you have not known Me; 6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord , and there is no other , 7 The One forming light and creating darkness , Causing well-being and creating calamity ; I am the Lord who does all these .
8 " Drip down , O heavens , from above , And let the clouds pour down righteousness ; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit , And righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord , have created it. 9 "Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker - An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth ! Will the clay say to the potter , 'What are you doing ?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands '? 10 "Woe to him who says to a father , 'What are you begetting ?' Or to a woman , 'To what are you giving birth ?' "
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 45:5-10
Commentary on Isaiah 45:5-10
(Read Isaiah 45:5-10)
There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of all that is true, holy, good, or happy; and evil, error, and misery, came into the world by his permission, through the wilful apostacy of his creatures, but are restrained and overruled to his righteous purpose. This doctrine is applied, for the comfort of those that earnestly longed, yet quietly waited, for the redemption of Israel. The redemption of sinners by the Son of God, and the pouring out the Spirit, to give success to the gospel, are chiefly here intended. We must not expect salvation without righteousness; together the Lord hath created them. Let not oppressors oppose God's designs for his people. Let not the poor oppressed murmur, as if God dealt unkindly with them. Men are but earthen pots; they are broken potsherds, and are very much made so by mutual contentions. To contend with Him is as senseless as for clay to find fault with the potter. Let us turn God's promises into prayers, beseeching him that salvation may abound among us, and let us rest assured that the Judge of all the earth will do right.