Isaías 64:8

8 A pesar de todo, SEÑOR, tú eres nuestro Padre;nosotros somos el barro, y tú el alfarero.Todos somos obra de tu mano.

Isaías 64:8 Meaning and 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 clay, and thou our potter:
respecting their original formation out of the dust of the earth; and so expressing humility in themselves, and yet ascribing greatness to God, who had curiously formed them, as the potter out of the clay forms vessels for various uses: it may respect their formation as a body politic and ecclesiastic, which arose from small beginnings, under the power and providence of God; see ( Deuteronomy 32:6 ) : and we all are the work of thy hand;
and therefore regard us, and destroy us not; as men do not usually destroy their own works: these relations to God, and circumstances in which they were as creatures, and as a body civil and ecclesiastic, are used as arguments for mercy and favour.

Isaías 64:8 In-Context

6 Todos somos como gente impura;todos nuestros actos de justiciason como trapos de inmundicia.Todos nos marchitamos como hojas;nuestras iniquidades nos arrastran como el viento.

7 Nadie invoca tu nombre,ni se esfuerza por aferrarse a ti.Pues nos has dado la espalday nos has entregado en poder de nuestras iniquidades.

8 A pesar de todo, SEÑOR, tú eres nuestro Padre;nosotros somos el barro, y tú el alfarero.Todos somos obra de tu mano.

9 No te enojes demasiado, SEÑOR;no te acuerdes siempre de nuestras iniquidades.¡Considera, por favor,que todos somos tu pueblo!

10 Tus ciudades santas han quedado devastadas,y hasta Sión se ha vuelto un desierto;Jerusalén es una desolación.