Isaiah 64:8
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.
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Exodus 32:12I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, ‘He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.’ Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your people.
Deuteronomy 32:6How can this be the return you would offer to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is he himself not your Father, who has possessed you, and made you, and created you?
Psalms 74:1Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph.
Psalms 100:3I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes. I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
Psalms 138:8If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.
Isaiah 43:7And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:7-12
Humble Confession. ( b. c. 706.) 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 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. 9 Be not wroth very… Read the whole commentary →