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Isaiah 64:8

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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.

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 sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
ASV
But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
DARBY
And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Men nå, Herre! Du er vår far; vi er leiren, og du den som former oss, og et verk av din hånd er vi alle sammen.
OTB
Likevel, du, Herre, er vår Far. Vi er leiren, og du er vår pottemaker; vi er alle verk av din hånd.
B1930
Men nu, Herre! Du er vår far; vi er leret, og du den som former oss, og et verk av din hånd er vi alle sammen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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  • Psalms 119:73

    Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

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  • Jeremiah 18:2–6

    Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

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  • Psalms 138:8

    The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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  • Psalms 100:3

    Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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  • Isaiah 44:24

    Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

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  • Isaiah 29:16

    Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

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  • Isaiah 45:9

    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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