Isaiah 43:26
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.
Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
27 Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
28 So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
- KJV
- Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- WEB
- Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
- ASV
- Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.
- DARBY
- Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; rehearse thine own [cause], that thou mayest be justified.
- BLB
- Remind Me, let us argue together; give an account [for] yourself, that you may be vindicated!
- ÅB
- Minn meg[^6], la oss gå i rette med hverandre! Fortell du, så du kan få rett!
- OTB
- Gå gjennom fortiden med meg, la oss diskutere saken sammen; legg frem din sak, så du kan bli bevist rett.
- B1930
- Minn mig, la oss gå i rette med hverandre! Fortell du, så du kan få rett! / < om det du har gjort for mig.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:9
All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
Read in contextRomans 8:33
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Read in contextPsalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:21–35
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
Read in contextIsaiah 41:1
“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
Read in contextJob 40:7–8
“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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