Isaiah 64: A Plea for God to Come Down

The people's prayer asks the LORD to tear open the sky and descend in power as He did long ago. They confess that sin has made them all unclean, even their best deeds, then appeal to God as their Father and Potter and lay the ruin of Zion and its temple before Him.

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After confessing their sin, on what do the people base their plea for mercy in 64:8-9?

That their fathers had kept the covenant faithfullyThat their enemies were far more wicked than they wereThat the LORD is their Father and they are His shaped clayThat they had already paid in full for their own sins