Isaiah 64:8

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Summary

Isaiah 64:8

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.

Thou art

Are the clay

All are

Ephesians 2:10

General references

Jeremiah 18:6

Bible References

Thou art

You are our Father. Even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not pay attention to us, O Jehovah, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.

Say to Pharaoh: 'Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn.

Is this how you repay Jehovah, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father and creator, who made you and formed you?

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Are the clay

You have it all backwards. A clay dish does not say to the potter, You did not make me. And should the one made say to the maker, You do not understand?

Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?

Go to the potter's house. There I will give you my message.

Yes, but you, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why have you made me this way? (Isaiah 45:9)

All are

Bring everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.'

Jehovah says: Israel, remember this! Remember that you are my servant. I created you to be my servant, and I will never forget you.

Your hands formed me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

Know that Jehovah is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Your hands made me and fashioned me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

Jehovah will do everything for me. O Jehovah, your mercy endures forever. Do not let go of what your hands have made.

For we are his workmanship created with Christ Jesus for good works. God prepared these works in advance that we should walk in them.

General references

Nation of Israel, can I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, You are in my hands like the clay in the potter's hands.