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Isaiah 64: The Potter and the Clay

The people prayed, Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down. They remembered when God did awesome things which we didn't look for. No one has seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him. They confessed, all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf. Then they turned to God: But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand. They asked God not to remember their sin forever, for we are all your people. Their holy cities and the temple had been laid waste, and they asked whether God would keep silent.

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World English Bible · 12 verses

  1. 1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 Don’t be furious, Yahweh. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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God Made Me

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Color the potter shaping the clay. God made you with His own hands.

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Bible Verse

“But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.”

Isaiah 64:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: A potter shapes clay into something good. God is like a potter, and we are like clay. He made us! Let's practice saying: I am the work of God's hand.

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