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Isaiah 64:8
8Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our Potter, And we all are the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
Context of Isaiah 64:8
6For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper], And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags; We all wither and decay like a leaf, And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction]. 7There is no one who calls on Your name, Who awakens and causes himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]. Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our Potter, And we all are the work of Your hand. 9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever. Now look, consider, for we are all Your people. 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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וְעַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אָבִ֣ינוּ אָ֑תָּה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדְךָ֖ כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 64:8
- Isaiah 63:16For [most certainly] You are our Father, even though Abraham [our ancestor] does not know us And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O Lord, are [still] our Father, Our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name.
- Exodus 4:22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
- Deuteronomy 32:6Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].
- Galatians 3:26For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Isaiah 29:16You turn things upside down [with your perversity]! Shall the potter be considered equal with the clay, That the thing that is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or the thing that is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker— A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Jeremiah 18:2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”
- Romans 9:20On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
- Isaiah 43:7Everyone who is called by My Name, Whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
- Isaiah 44:21“Remember [the foolishness of] these things, O Jacob And Israel, for you are My servant! I formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.
- Job 10:8‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether. Would You [turn around and] destroy me?
- Psalms 100:3Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
- Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and established me; Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
- Psalms 138:8The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me; Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever— Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].
Commentaries on Isaiah 64:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But, now, O Lord, thou art our Father "But thou, O Jehovah, thou art our Father" - For ועתה veattah, and now, five MSS., one of them ancient, and the two oldest editions, 1486 and 1488, have ואתה veattah, and thou, and so the Chaldee seems to have read. The repetition has great force. The other word may be well spared. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father." How very affectionate is the complaint in this and the following verses! But how does the distress…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But now, O Lord, thou art our Father - (See the notes at Isaiah 63:16). We are the clay - The idea seems to be, that their condition then had been produced by him as clay is moulded by the potter, and that they were to be returned and restored entirely by him - as they had no more power to do it than the clay had to shape itself. The sense is, that they were wholly in his hand and at his disposal (see the notes at Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9). And thou our…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, owning themselves unworthy of his mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Our deeds, whatever they may seem to be, if we think to merit by them at God's hand, are as rags, and will not cover us; filthy rags, and will but defile us. Even our few good works in which there is real excellence, as fruits of the Spirit, are so defective and defiled as done by us, that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8clay … potter: See also Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; Romans 9:20–21.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. father--(Is 63:16). clay ... potter--(Is 29:16; 45:9). Unable to mould themselves aright, they beg the sovereign will of God to mould them unto salvation, even as He made them at the first, and is their "Father."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 64
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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