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

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born.

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

For ye are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Are the clay

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

No, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

All are

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; verily, I have made him.

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten by me.

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me in all my parts; yet thou dost destroy me.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

General references

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.