Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father,
What it says
Even if Abraham and Israel do not acknowledge them, the LORD remains their Father and eternal Redeemer.
What it is doing
This verse anchors hope in God's covenant fatherhood rather than human ancestry.
In context
15Look down from heaven and see, 16Yet You are our Father, 17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways 18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, 19We have become like those You never ruled,