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Isaiah 64

Isa. 64:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But now, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, thou art our father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
; wem are the clay
chomer (Hebrew #2563)
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
KJV usage: clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
Pronounce: kho'mer
Origin: from 2560
, and thou our potter
yatsar (Hebrew #3335)
((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape)
; and we all are the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of thy hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Jer. 18:6• 6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jer. 18:6)

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Isa. 63:16• 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name. (Isa. 63:16)
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Ex. 4:22• 22And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn. (Ex. 4:22)
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Deut. 32:6• 6Do ye thus requite Jehovah,{HR}Foolish and unwise people?{HR}Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?{HR}Hath he not made thee and established thee?{HR} (Deut. 32:6)
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Gal. 3:26,29• 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
 29And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. (Gal. 3:26,29)
are the clay.
Isa. 29:16• 16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be counted as clay; so that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding? (Isa. 29:16)
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Isa. 45:9• 9Woe 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? (Isa. 45:9)
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Jer. 18:2‑6• 2Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
 3And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
 4And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.
 5Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
 6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jer. 18:2‑6)
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Rom. 9:20‑24• 20Nay rather, O man, who art thou that answerest against God? Shall the thing moulded say to him that moulded, Why madest thou me thus?
 21Or hath the potter no authority over the clay out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour and another to dishonour?
 22And if God, willing to display his wrath and to make known his power, endured in much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
 23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory—
 24us whom he also called not only out of Jews, but also out of Gentiles, (Rom. 9:20‑24)
all are.
Isa. 43:7• 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. (Isa. 43:7)
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Isa. 44:21,24• 21Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant; O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] Jehovah the maker of all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:21,24)
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Job 10:8‑9• 8Thy hands have carved me, and fashioned me round about,{HR}And yet thou destroyest me!
 9O remember now that as clay thou formedst me,{HR}And yet thou bringest me back to dust (Job 10:8‑9)
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Psa. 100:3• 3Know that Jehovah he [is] God;{HR}He made us, and not we, (Psa. 100:3)
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Psa. 119:73• 73Thy hands made me and fashioned me:{HR}Make me understand,{HR}And I will learn thy commandments. (Psa. 119:73)
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Psa. 138:8• 8Jehovah will perfect as to me:{HR}Jehovah, thy mercy [is] forever;{HR}Forsake not the works of thy hands. (Psa. 138:8)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
• The very first words of Isaiah’s prophecy were, “The Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me.” Very well then, Jehovah had taken the place of Father to Israel, and upon that the faith of the prophet counted, and on it he based his appeal. (“Isaiah 64:4-65:12” by F.B. Hole)
• In chapter 18 we read how he was instructed to go down to the potter’s house and receive a lesson there. (“Isaiah 64:4-65:12” by F.B. Hole)
• Confining our thoughts to Israel, we know that God will make another vessel, which is what the Lord Jesus was showing Nicodemus, as narrated in John 3. That which is born of the flesh even Abrahamic flesh is flesh. Only that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Only a born-again Israel will enter the Kingdom. (“Isaiah 64:4-65:12” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.