Isaiah 64:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But now, O Lord, thou art our Father - (See the notes at Isaiah 63:16 ). We are the clay - The idea seems to be, that their condition then had been produced by him as clay is moulded by the...
Isaiah 64:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the (i) clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand. (i) Even though O Lord by your just judgment you may utterly destroy us as...
Isaiah 64:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 63:15 to Isaiah 64:9 . A Fervent Prayer to Yahweh to Intervene again for His Children. The appeal rings like a litany, reminding Yahweh, who has withdrawn into His glorious heavenly palac...
Isaiah 64:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

now. . special various reading, called Sevir (App-34), with some codices, two early printed editions, and Aramaean, read "Thou". Thou art our Father. See note on Isaiah 63:16 . hand. Some c...
Isaiah 64:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And now, O Jehovah. After having complained of their miseries, by which they were almost overwhelmed, they now more openly ask pardon from God and a mitigation of their distresses, and wi...
Isaiah 64:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 "But thou, O Jehovah, thou art our Father"...
Isaiah 64:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 - ( Isaiah 63:16 .) We (are) the cla...
Isaiah 64:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The imagery is taken from the account of the divine manifestation at Sinai ( Exodus 19:18 ).
Isaiah 64:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We are the clay, and thou our potter... — Commonly, partly, perhaps, from St. Paul’s application of the image in Romans 9:20-21 , and Isaiah’s own use of it in Isaiah 29:16 , we associate the ide...
Isaiah 64:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1-24 WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemp...
Isaiah 64:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry for Pardon Isaiah 64:1-12 The great past , Isaiah 64:1-5 . We are introduced to the prophet's oratory and hear the outpourings of his heart. As he recalls the story of bygone days, he...
Isaiah 64:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The praise and confession merge into a prayer in which the sore need of the people is first described, and then a cry full of intense anguish is lifted for the dawning of the day when Jehovah will ac...
Isaiah 64:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How beautiful is the connection between the opening and close of this prayer, and indeed the whole, of the Chapter from beginning to end! Surely, every faithful follower of the Lord Jesus, who knows...
Isaiah 64:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But now, O Lord, thou art our father ,.... Notwithstanding all that we have done against thee, and thou hast done to us, the relation of a father continues; thou art our Father by creation and adopt...
Isaiah 64:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 8. But now, O Lord, thou art our father. ] Or, Yet now, O Lord, thou art...
Isaiah 64:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But now, O Lord, thou art our Father Notwithstanding all this, thou art our Father, having both created and adopted us; therefore pity us thy children; we are the clay, and thou our potter We are...
Isaiah 64:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Humble Confession. B. C. 706. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righ...
Isaiah 64:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; an argument or pathetical plea for pity; or, Notwithstanding all this, thou art our Father, both by creation and by adoption, therefore pity us thy children....
Isaiah 64:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Pleads For Yahweh To Exercise His Sovereignty On Their Behalf ( Isaiah 64:8-12 ). Isaiah 64:8 ‘But now O Yahweh, you are our father, We are the clay and you are the potter, And we are...
Isaiah 64:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

our father Here the reference is to relationship through creation, rather than through faith, as in ( Acts 17:28 ); ( Acts 17:29 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Acts 17:29 ).
Isaiah 64:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 I. How does the Potter use and convert the clay? (1) It is clear that the clay must be purified. The blood of Jesus Christ passes over it, mingles with it, and it is pure. (2) And so G...
Isaiah 64:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:1-2 . Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, as when the melting fire burneth, Or, much better, «as w...
Isaiah 64:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:1 . A new scene of prophetic events opens here, where the prophet in time of trouble cries the more in spirit to the Messiah. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens and come down. It is...
Isaiah 64:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

But we are all as an unclean thing Israel’s uncleanness “And we are all become as one unclean”--in a ceremonial sense, like the leper. ( Prof. Skinner, D. D. ) Lamentations of Isaiah You h...
Isaiah 64:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 64:1-23 ISRAEL 'S PRAYER CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED . Not content with praying God to look upon them once more with favour ( Isaiah 63:15 ), Israel now asks for a the...
Isaiah 64:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Appeal to Jehovah to Forsake His Wrath
Isaiah 64:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:6 ; Ephesians 2:10 ; Exodus 4:22 ; Galatians 3:26 ; Galatians 3:29 ; Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 43:7 ; Isaiah 44:21 ; Isaiah 44:24 ; Isaiah 45:9 ; Isaiah 63:16 ; Jeremiah 18:2-6...
Isaiah 64:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Our father — Notwithstanding all this thou art our father both by creation, and by adoption, therefore pity us thy children.

Isaiah 64:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 64:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 64:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 64:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 64:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 64:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 64:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 64:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 64:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 64:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes