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26 Put me in remembrance.
    Let us plead together.
Declare your case,
    that you may be justified.
27 Your first father sinned,
    and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
    and I will make Jacob a curse,
    and Israel an insult.”

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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.