26 Put me in remembrance; (A)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
27 (B)Your first father sinned,
    and (C)your mediators transgressed against me.
28 Therefore (D)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
    and (E)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.

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26 Accuse me; let us go to trial;
    set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.(A)
27 Your first ancestor sinned,
    and your mediators rebelled against me.
28 Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary;
    I delivered Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.(B)

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26 Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;(A)
    state the case(B) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(C) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(D) you rebelled(E) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[a](F)
    and Israel to scorn.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.