Daily Bible Verse - 10/3/2007 - Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

Commentary
Yet the Lord is still their Father, and there is still hope that the potter can do something with the clay. And so they plead with Him to relax His anger, to forgive and forget their sins, and to acknowledge them as His people still.

MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Is 64:8). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Did you know?

Until about 3000 b.c., pottery was hand-molded. After this time, it was made on a potter's wheel. The potter's work is described in Jeremiah 18:3-4.

Packer, J., Tenney, M. C., & White, W. (1997, c1995). Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible (271). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

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Daily Bible Verse - 10/2/2007 - James 3:5

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

James 3:5

Commentary James provided several analogies that show how the tongue, even though small, has the power to control one's whole person and influence everything in his life. 3:6 tongue is a fire. Like fire, the tongue's sinful words can spread destruction rapidly, or as its accompanying smoke, those words can permeate and ruin everything around it. MacArthur, J. J. (1997, c1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed.) (Jas 3:3). Nashville: Word Pub.

Weekly Memory Verse

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 1:3-4 (NKJV)