Isaiah 64:8
(64-7) 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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 32:12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee?
Psalms 74:1Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD He is God; it is He that hath made us, and we our His, His people, and the flock of His pasture.
Psalms 138:8The LORD will accomplish that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the work of Thine own hands.
Isaiah 43:7Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, 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 →