Clay and Potter
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.


The nearest parallel to this application of the common image of clay and potter is, perhaps, Job 10:9. It is the plea of the creature against seeming unreasonableness on the part of the Creator. Can the Potter allow the work on which He has lavished His utmost skill and care to be broken in pieces?

(Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

WEB: 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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