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26 Let us review the situation together,
    and you can present your case to prove your innocence.
27 From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me;
    all your leaders broke my laws.
28 That is why I have disgraced your priests;
    I have decreed complete destruction[a] for Jacob
    and shame for Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 43:28 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

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”