Isaiah 10:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

An ax is not better than the one who cuts with it. A saw is not better than the one who uses it. Is a stick stronger than the one who picks it up? It can’t do anything to the person who is using it to punish someone!

Cross References

Isaiah 45:9

“Look at these people! They are arguing with the one who made them. Look at them argue with me. They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. Clay does not say to the one molding it, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them.

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord says, “I will use Assyria like a stick. In my anger I will use Assyria to punish Israel.

Isaiah 29:16

You turn things upside down. You think the clay is equal to the potter. You think that something that is made can tell the one who made it, “You did not make me!” This is like a pot telling its maker, “You know nothing.”

Ezekiel 28:9

That person will kill you. Will you still say, “I am a god”? No, he will have you in his power! You will see that you are a man, not God!

Isaiah 7:20

The Lord will use Assyria to punish Judah. Assyria will be hired and used like a razor to shave off Judah’s beard and to remove the hair from his head and body.

Isaiah 37:23

But who was it that you insulted and made fun of? Who was it that you spoke against? You were speaking against the Holy One of Israel. You acted like you were great and he was nothing.