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But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
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The Potter is Our Father
Commentators highlight that the image of God as the Potter is not about cold, arbitrary power, but is softened by the declaration, "You are our Father." This means God's sovereign shaping of our lives is an act of fatherly love and mercy. As the clay, we can appeal to our Potter with confidence, knowing His power is guided by His love for His children.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now, O Lord, you are our Father - (See the notes at Isaiah 63:16).
We are the clay - The idea seems to b…
19th Century
Anglican
We are the clay, and you our potter ... —Commonly, partly, perhaps, from St. Paul’s application of the image in Romans 9:20-21, and Isaiah…
Baptist
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:
That is a wonderful description of pray…
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16th Century
Protestant
And now, O Jehovah. After complaining of their miseries, by which they were almost overwhelmed, they now more openly ask pardon from God a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now, O Lord, you are our father. Notwithstanding all that we have done against you, and you have done to us, the rela…
The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…
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13th Century
Catholic
O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.
First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …
