QUESTION: This // means that it is not...
ANSWER: ...the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. (Romans 9:8)
QUESTION: But who are // you, O man...
ANSWER: ...to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honored use and another for dishonorable use? (Romans 9:20-21)