Isaías 64:8

8 Contudo, SENHOR, tu és o nosso Pai.Nós somos o barro; tu és o oleiro.Todos nós somos obra das tuas mãos.

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 Somos como o impuro—todos nós!Todos os nossos atos de justiça são como trapo imundo.Murchamos como folhas,e como o vento as nossas iniquidades nos levam para longe.

7 Não há ninguém que clame pelo teu nome,que se anime a apegar-se a ti,pois escondeste de nós o teu rostoe nos deixaste perecer por causa das nossas iniquidades.

8 Contudo, SENHOR, tu és o nosso Pai.Nós somos o barro; tu és o oleiro.Todos nós somos obra das tuas mãos.

9 Não te ires demais, ó SENHOR!Não te lembres constantemente das nossas maldades.Olha para nós!Somos o teu povo!

10 As tuas cidades sagradas transformaram-se em deserto.Até Sião virou um deserto, e Jerusalém, uma desolação!