But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.

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10 For we are (A)His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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י YOD

73 (A)Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

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(A)The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
(B)Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 138:8 complete

“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the [a]wheel. And the vessel that he [b]made of clay was [c]marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “O house of Israel, (A)can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, (B)as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:3 Potter’s wheel
  2. Jeremiah 18:4 was making
  3. Jeremiah 18:4 ruined

Know that the Lord, He is God;
(A)It is He who has made us, and [a]not we ourselves;
(B)We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

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  1. Psalm 100:3 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., many Heb. mss., Tg. we are His

16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

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16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (A)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

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“Woe to him who strives with (A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

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Judah Will Be Restored

24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
And (B)He who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
(C)Who stretches out the heavens [a]all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:24 By Himself

Israel Is Not Forgotten

21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be (A)forgotten by Me!

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Everyone who is (A)called by My name,
Whom (B)I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

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20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (A)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the (B)potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make (C)one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (D)the vessels of wrath (E)prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known (F)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (G)prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He (H)called, (I)not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

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‘Your(A) hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would (B)destroy me.
Remember, I pray, (C)that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?

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Do you thus (A)deal[a] with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not (B)your Father, who (C)bought you?
Has He not (D)made you and established you?

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 repay the

Sons and Heirs

26 For you (A)are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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29 And (A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s (B)seed, and (C)heirs according to the promise.

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22 Then you shall (A)say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: (B)“Israel is My son, (C)My firstborn.

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