Isaiah 64:8

“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.”

"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." - Isaiah 64:8
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What does Isaiah 64:8 mean?

Isaiah 64:8 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "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." This verse is a profound and powerful declaration of the relationship between God and His people, as well as the…

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Molded by the Master: Understanding Our Identity in Christ

The profound truth found in Isaiah 64:8, "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," invokes a deep sense of humility and gratitude in the heart of every believer. In this singular verse, we find a powerful…

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A Prayer of Humble Surrender and Transformation

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of all that is seen and unseen, we come before Thee with hearts full of reverence and awe. Just as Thy servant Isaiah proclaimed, "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" (Isaiah…

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Isaiah 64:8
Isaiah 64:8 - "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."
Isaiah 64:10 - "Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation."
Isaiah 64:12 - "Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?"
Isaiah 64:1 - "Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,"
Isaiah 64:3 - "When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence."
Psalms 64:8 - "So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away."
Isaiah 64:11 - "Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste."
Isaiah 64:2 - "As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!"
"Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation." - Isaiah 64:10
Isaiah 64:9 - "¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people."
"Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence," - Isaiah 64:1
Isaiah 64:6 - "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."
Isaiah 64:4 - "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him."
Isaiah 64:5 - "Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved."
Isaiah 64:7 - "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."
"Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence," - Isaiah 64:1
"When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence." - Isaiah 64:3
"Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?" - Isaiah 64:12
"So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away." - Psalms 64:8
"¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people." - Isaiah 64:9
1 Kings 8:64 - "The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings."
"Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste." - Isaiah 64:11
"As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!" - Isaiah 64:2
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"Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved." - Isaiah 64:5
"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." - Isaiah 64:6