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)

Read full chapter

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.

26 [a]Meet Me in court, (A)let’s argue our case together;
State your cause, (B)so that you may be proved right.
27 Your (C)first [b]forefather sinned,
And your [c](D)spokesmen have rebelled against Me.
28 So I will profane the [d]officials of the sanctuary,
And I will turn Jacob over to (E)destruction and Israel to (F)abuse.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:26 Or Report to Me
  2. Isaiah 43:27 Lit father
  3. Isaiah 43:27 Or interpreters
  4. Isaiah 43:28 Or holy princes

26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy 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.

Read full chapter