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Isaiah 64 · Grade 5

We All Are the Work of Your Hand

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Isaiah 64 concludes the lament begun at 63:7. The opening plea, "Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down," asks for a new Sinai, when "the mountains quaked at your presence." In the New Testament, Mark 1:10 uses the same image of the heavens being torn open at Jesus' baptism. Verse 4 is adapted by Paul in 1 Corinthians 2:9.

The confession of verses 5-7 is among the most humbling in Scripture: "all our righteousness is like a polluted garment." The point is not that good deeds are worthless, but that sinful people cannot make themselves clean. The images of a fading leaf and driving wind stress human frailty. Worse, "There is no one who calls on your name."

Verse 8 turns on the words "But now." The people appeal to God's fatherhood and to his role as potter, an image used in 29:16, 45:9, and Jeremiah 18:6. In the New Testament, Paul uses it in Romans 9:20-21. A potter does not abandon his work. The chapter ends with an open question, "Will you keep silent?" Chapter 65 gives God's answer.

Show What You Know

  1. What event does tear the heavens recall?

  2. Where does the New Testament use the torn heavens image?

  3. What two words turn the prayer in verse 8?

  4. Where else is the potter image used?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Oh that you would tear the ____.

Down

  1. That the ____ might quake at your presence—.
  2. We are the clay and you our ____.
  3. You are our ____.
  4. We are the ____ and you our potter.

Think About It

  1. Our righteousness is like a polluted garment. How does this help us understand our need for God's mercy?

  2. God is the potter and we are the clay. What does it look like to let God shape your life?

Memory 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)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • The people asked God not to remember their sin forever. How can confession open the way to hope for you?
  • What part of your life would you like God to work on?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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