Isaías 64:8

8 Y a pesar de todo, oh Señor
, eres nuestro Padre;
nosotros somos el barro y tú, el alfarero.
Todos somos formados por 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 Estamos todos infectados por el pecado y somos impuros.
Cuando mostramos nuestros actos de justicia,
no son más que trapos sucios.
Como las hojas del otoño, nos marchitamos y caemos,
y nuestros pecados nos arrasan como el viento.

7 Sin embargo, nadie invoca tu nombre
ni te ruega misericordia.
Por eso tú te apartaste de nosotros
y nos entregaste
a nuestros pecados.

8 Y a pesar de todo, oh Señor
, eres nuestro Padre;
nosotros somos el barro y tú, el alfarero.
Todos somos formados por tu mano.

9 No te enojes tanto con nosotros, Señor
;
por favor, no te acuerdes de nuestros pecados para siempre.
Te pedimos que nos mires
y veas que somos tu pueblo.

10 Tus ciudades santas están destruidas.
Sión es un desierto;
sí, Jerusalén no es más que una ruina desolada.