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

But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.

You are to say to Pharaoh, "This is what the LORD says: "Israel is my firstborn son.

This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?

For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

Are the clay

He has turned the tables on you as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, "He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, "He has no skill?'

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I'll allow you to hear my words."

On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

All are

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

"Remember these things, Jacob, Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you; you are a servant to me. Israel, you must not mislead me.

Your hands formed and fashioned me, but then you have destroyed me all at once on all sides.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us and we belong to him; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commands.

The LORD will complete what his purpose is for me. LORD, your gracious love is eternal; do not abandon your personal work in me. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

General references

"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.