Yesaya 64:8

64:8 Yet, ¹  Lord, you are our father.

We are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the product of your labor. ² 

Yeremia 18:6

18:6 “I, the Lord, say: ³  ‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? ⁴  In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’

[64:8]  ¹ tn On the force of וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah) here, see HALOT 902 s.v. עַתָּה.

[64:8]  ² tn Heb “the work of your hand.”

[18:6]  ³ tn This phrase (literally “Oracle of the Lord”) has been handled this way on several occasions when it occurs within first person addresses where the Lord is the speaker. See, e.g., 16:16; 17:24.

[18:6]  ⁴ tn The words “deals with the clay” are not in the text. They are part of an elliptical comparison and are supplied in the translation here for clarity.