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But now,וְעַתָּהYHWH,יְהוָהyou areאָתָּהour Father;אָבִינוּweאֲנַחְנוּare the clay,הַחֹמֶרand youוְאַתָּהour potter;יֹצְרֵנוּand the workוּמַעֲשֵׂהof your handיָדְךָare all of us.כֻּלָּנוּ
Isaiah 64:8
Study it in the app“But now, YHWH, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and the work of your hand are all of us.”
We are the clay and God is the potterPurpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 64:8, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- our Fatherאָבִיavi
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “avi” appears- are the clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears- our potterיֹצְרֵyotsre
potter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotsre” appears- and the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
7And there is no one who calls on your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have melted us by the hand of our iniquities.
8 · This verse (above)
9Do not be angry, YHWH, to the extreme, and do not remember iniquity forever; look, look, please; all of us are your people.