Isaiah 64:8

And now, O Lord, you are our Father, and we are clay, all of us the work of your hands.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And there is none that calls upon your name, or that remembers to take hold on you: for you have turned your face away from us, and have delivered us up because of our sins.

9Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins + 64:9 The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. for ever; but now look on us, for we are all your people.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:12Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from your wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of your people,

Deuteronomy 32:6Do you⌃ thus recompense the Lord? is the people thus foolish and unwise? did not he himself your father purchase you, and make you, and form you?

Psalms 74:1We will give thanks to you, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon your name: I will declare all your wonderful works. 1

Psalms 100:3I have not set before my eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors. 1

Psalms 138:8If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are present. 1

Isaiah 43:7even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and 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 →

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