Isaiah 43:23

²¹ The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

²² But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

²⁴ You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵ I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
KJV: Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
WEB: You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
ASV: Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.
DARBY: thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings, neither hast thou glorified me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to toil with an oblation, nor wearied thee with incense.
BLB: You have not brought to Me sheep as your burnt offerings, and with your sacrifices you have not honored Me; I have not made you serve with grain offerings, and I have not wearied you with incense.

ÅB: Du har ikke gitt meg dine brennoffers sauer og ikke æret meg med dine slaktoffer; jeg har ikke trettet deg med matoffer og ikke voldt deg strev med virak.
OTB: Du har ikke brakt meg sauer til brennoffer, heller ikke æret meg med dine ofre. Jeg har ikke tynget deg med offergaver eller trettet deg med røkelse.
B1930: Du har ikke gitt mig dine brennoffers får og ikke æret mig med dine slaktoffer; jeg har ikke trettet dig med matoffer og ikke voldt dig møie med virak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 5:25
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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Zechariah 7:5–6
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
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Malachi 1:6–8
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
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Leviticus 2:1
“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
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Jeremiah 7:22
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
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Malachi 1:13–14
You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
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Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
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