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For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn`t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
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A Father Beyond Ancestry
Commentators explain that this verse makes a profound shift in identity. The people declare that their relationship with God as Father is more fundamental than their physical lineage from Abraham and Israel. Even if their revered ancestors would disown them for their sin, God's fatherhood is based on His gracious, eternal choice, not on heredity. This establishes that our spiritual adoption is our most secure and primary identity.
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Isaiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham ... —Better, For Abraham is ignorant of us. The passage is striking…
Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Surely you are our Father. God permits us to reveal our hearts intimately before him, for prayer is nothing other than the opening of our …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Doubtless you are our father Therefore why should you restrain your mercies and bowels of compassion from us? or the…
Presbyterian
They implore him to look down on the miserable condition of their once-favored nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from…
13th Century
Catholic
Who is this. Here he begins to address the separation of the wicked from the good in the execution of the promised salvat…
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