Isaiah 63:16
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 64:8 reaffirms 'you are our Father' — directly continuing the fatherhood theme from 63:16, with the potter metaphor.
In Isaiah 44:6, the LORD is 'the first and the last' and 'his redeemer' — echoing the eternal name and redeemer role in 63:16, strengthening the divine fatherhood.
Isaiah 54:5 calls God 'thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel' and uses the husband metaphor — complementing the father imagery in 63:16 with another familial title.
In Isaiah 41:14, God is called 'thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel' — the same redeemer title used here to affirm God as father despite human rejection.
Isaiah 43:14 also calls God 'your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel' — reinforcing the redeemer identity that grounds the fatherhood claim in 63:16.
Isaiah 44:24 calls God 'your Redeemer' from of old, matching the same title for God in Isaiah 63:16.
Deuteronomy 32:6 also calls God 'your Father, your Creator' — reinforcing that even when earthly fathers fail, God remains the true Father of Israel.
Malachi 2:10 asks 'Have we not all one Father?' — affirming the same foundational truth as Isaiah 63:16: God is the one Father of Israel.
Malachi 1:6 also uses the father-child metaphor, but highlights the dishonor — complementing Isaiah's lament that Abraham and Israel do not acknowledge God.
Jeremiah 31:9 declares 'I am a father to Israel' — directly affirming God's fatherhood that Isaiah 63:16 clings to despite human rejection.
Jeremiah 3:19 echoes God's longing for Israel to call Him 'My Father' — the very title Isaiah 63:16 claims despite Israel's unfaithfulness.
In 1 Chronicles 29:10, David blesses 'the God of Israel our Father' — the same identification of God as Father of Israel seen in Isaiah.
Exodus 4:22 calls Israel God's firstborn son — establishing the father-son relationship that Isaiah 63:16 appeals to.
Psalm 103:13 explicitly compares God's compassion to a father's, reinforcing the fatherhood theme in Isaiah.
Nehemiah 1:10 explicitly says God 'redeemed' his people by great power — directly echoing the redeemer title in 63:16 and reinforcing God's redemptive act.
Luke 11:2 teaches praying to 'Father', directly matching Isaiah's address of God as Father in prayer.
In 1 Kings 8:51, Solomon recalls God redeeming Israel from Egypt — the same redeemer action that underlies calling God 'our redeemer' in 63:16.
Matthew 6:9 teaches disciples to pray 'Our Father' — the same intimate address Isaiah uses, though here it's a model prayer rather than a lament.
Luke 15:18 shows the prodigal son calling his father 'Father' in repentance, mirroring Israel's return to God as Father.
Ephesians 4:6 declares God as Father of all, echoing Isaiah's claim of God as our Father despite human abandonment.
1 Thessalonians 3:11 also addresses God as 'our God and Father', reinforcing the intimate fatherhood invoked in Isaiah.