Isaiah 64:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
חֹמֶר
chômer
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
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →חֹמֶר chômer
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
Study H2563 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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.
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;
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 ha...
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?
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Remember these, 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.
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
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