Isaiah 64:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 64:8

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.

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But, now, O Lord, thou art our Father “But thou, O Jehovah, thou art our Father” - For ועתה veattah, and now, five MSS., one of them ancient, and the two oldest editions, 1486 and 1488, have ואתה veattah, and thou, and so the Chaldee seems to have read. The repetition has great force. The other word may be well spared. “But now, O Lord, thou art our Father.” How very affectionate is the complaint in this and the following verses!

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Foolish and careless as we are, poor and despised and trampled upon as we are by our enemies, yet still thou art our Father; to thee therefore we return in our repentance, as the prodigal arose and came to his father; to thee we address ourselves by prayer; from whom should we expect relief and succour but from our Father?

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֥ה	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אָבִ֣ינוּ	'a.Vi.nu	[are] father our	H1 →
אָ֑תָּה	'A.tah	you	H859 →
אֲנַ֤חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
הַחֹ֙מֶר֙	ha.Cho.mer	[are] the clay	H2563 →
וְאַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ	yo.tze.Re.nu	[are] [the] [one who] formed us	H3335 →
וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	u.ma.'a.Seh	and [are] [the] work of	H4639 →
יָדְךָ֖	ya.de.Kha	hand your	H3027 →
כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃	ku.La.nu	all of us	H3605 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
leads to
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Colossians 1:10
  so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Through
Psalms 138:8
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
leads to
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 57:2
  I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
  The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah