Isaiah 64:8

Translations

Modern

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And now, O YHWH You are our Father; we are the clay, and You the One forming us, and we are all the work of Your hand.

Latin

Et nunc, Domine, pater noster es tu, nos vero lutum; et fictor noster tu, et opera manuum tuarum omnes nos.

Original

Hebrew

English

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Notes

Isaiah 64:8

clay … potter: See also Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; Romans 9:20–21.

Isaiah 63:15–64:12

The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Psalm 119:73
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Jeremiah 18:2–6
“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
Psalm 138:8
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.
Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
Isaiah 29:16
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
Isaiah 43:7
…everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Isaiah 44:21
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
Romans 9:20–24
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Glossary

Adoption God, Names of Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature New Jerusalem Pottery

Topics

Art: Primitive of the Potter Arts of The: Potter Being Ugly Being Unique Clay: Figurative Faith: Exemplified God the Father God: Creator of Man God: Fatherhood of Intercession: Exemplified Man: Compared to Clay in the Potter's Hand Man: Created Pottery: Figurative Privileges of Saints: Having God for Their: Father The Battle is the Lord's Wonderfully Made

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