15  ^oShall the axe boast over him who hews with it,

or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?

As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,

or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

16  You turn things upside down!

Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,

^ethat the thing made should say of its maker,

“He did not make me”;

or the thing formed say of him who formed it,

“He has no understanding”?

9  “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,

a pot among earthen pots!

Does the ^uclay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’

or ‘Your work has no handles’?