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26 Put Me in remembrance;
    let us plead together;
    state your cause, that you may be justified.
27 Your first father has sinned,
    and your teachers have transgressed against Me.
28 Therefore, I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
    and have given Jacob to the curse,
    and Israel to reproaches.

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26 Take me to court; let us enter into judgment together.
    You, make an account[a] so that you may be in the right.
27 Your first ancestor[b] sinned,
    and your representatives[c] transgressed against me.
28 And I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
    and I gave Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reviling.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:26 Literally “count up”
  2. Isaiah 43:27 Or “father”
  3. Isaiah 43:27 Literally “scoffers” or “spokesmen”

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.