Murdock(i)
15 Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful.
16 Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God.
17 For in the scripture, he said to Pharaoh: For this very thing, have I raised thee up; that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth.
19 But, perhaps thou wilt say: Of what then doth he complain? For, who hath resisted his pleasure?
20 Thou, thus! Who art thou? O man; that thou repliest against God! Shall the potter's vessel say to the former of it, Why hast thou formed me so?
21 Hath not the potter dominion over his clay out of the same mass to make vessels, one for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 And if God, being disposed to exhibit his wrath and to make known his power, in abundance of long-suffering, brought wrath upon the vessels of wrath which were complete for destruction;
23 and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God for glory;
24 namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles: