Isaiah 64:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

As we have the Lamentations of Jeremiah, so here we have the Lamentations of Isaiah; the subject of both is the same?the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans and the sin of Israel that brought that destruction?only with this difference, Isaiah sees it at a distance and laments it by the Spirit of prophecy, Jeremiah saw it accomplished. In these verses, I. The people of God in their affliction confess and bewail their sins, thereby justifying God in their afflictions, owning themselves... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

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 adoption; as he was in a particular manner to the Jews, to whom belonged the adoption; and therefore this relation is pleaded, that mercy might be shown them; and so the Targum, "and thou, Lord, thy mercies towards us "are" many (or let them be many) as a father towards "his" children.' We are the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

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! But how does the distress increase, when they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

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 theophany, or manifestation of the Divine Presence, such as they have experienced in the times of old, and such as shall suffice to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies ( Isaiah 64:1-4 ). With profound humility confessing their manifold and grievous iniquities, they beseech God once more, as their Father and Maker,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

The cry of humiliation and of hope. I. THE CONFESSION . "Woe are we, for we are unclean!" Like the leper, dwelling alone without the camp (Le 13:44-46), so is the people; as he is cut off from the society of men, so they from the converse of God; or as something ceremonially polluted and defiled (Le Isaiah 5:2 ; Deuteronomy 14:19 ), or morally defiled ( Job 14:4 ). The language carries a feeling of intense abhorrence. Under another figure, their penal offences have "carried... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, thou art our Father (see the comment on Isaiah 63:16 ). We are the clay, and thou our Potter (comp. Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 45:9 ). Thy hands have made us and fashioned us, both as individuals and as a nation. Thou hast lavished thy labour and thy skill upon us. Surely thou wilt not "forsake the work of thine own hands" ( Psalms 138:8 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

Our Father and our Potter. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou cur Potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." The prophet here is making no such assertion of the absolute sovereignty of God as we associate with the figure of the potter because of St. Paul's use of it in Romans 9:20 , Romans 9:21 . Here the power of the great Potter is made the ground of prayer. "The clay intreats him to fashion it according to his will, and has faith in his readiness, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

Pleas for mercy. Israel had three main grounds on which they could rely in pleading to God for mercy. I. GOD WAS THEIR MAKER . The framer of a work cannot see without dissatisfaction the destruction of his work, or its deterioration, or its depravation to purposes lower. than those intended for it. This dissatisfaction is the greater, the more considerable the labour and the thought that has been expended upon the work, the greater the care that has been taken of it, the longer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

A twofold plea. The prophet addresses himself to God in earnest prayer for Divine interposition, and he uses a twofold plea. I. THE INTIMACY AND FULNESS OF GOD 'S RELATIONSHIP . 1 . God was their Creator. He made them as truly as the potter fashions the clay; they were his workmanship ( Isaiah 64:8 ). 2 . God was their Father. He had cared for them and bestowed on them his parental love; would he abandon his own children? 3 . God was their Redeemer. He... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 potter, and that they were to be returned and restored entirely by him - as they had no more power to do it than the clay had to shape itself. The sense is, that they were wholly in his hand and at his disposal (see the notes at Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9).And thou our potter - Thou hast power to mould us as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 64:6-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 64:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 64:8-12

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

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