Isaiah 64:8
And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
Cross References
Exodus 32:12Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people.
Deuteronomy 32:6Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?
Psalms 74:1Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 138:8O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.
Isaiah 43:7And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and 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 →