22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied(A) yourselves for[a] me, Israel.(B)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,(C)
    nor honored(D) me with your sacrifices.(E)
I have not burdened(F) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands(G) for incense.(H)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(I) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat(J) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied(K) me with your offenses.(L)

25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(M) for my own sake,(N)
    and remembers your sins(O) no more.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of

22 Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
    but you have been weary of me, O Israel!(A)
23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings
    or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
    or wearied you with frankincense.(B)
24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
Rather, you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.(C)

25 I alone am the one
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.(D)

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