Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father;
What it says
Yet the LORD remains their Father, and they are the clay shaped by His hand.
What it is doing
This verse reintroduces covenant hope through the imagery of paternal and creative ownership.
In context
1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, 2as fire kindles the brushwood 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, 4From ancient times no one has heard, 5You welcome those who gladly do right, 6Each of us has become like something unclean, 7No one calls on Your name 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; 9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. 11Our holy and beautiful temple, 12After all this, O LORD,