Isaiah 43:27
25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
26 Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
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
- Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
- KJV
- Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
- WEB
- Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
- ASV
- Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
- DARBY
- Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.
- BLB
- Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen have rebelled against me.
- ÅB
- Din første far syndet, og dine talsmenn falt fra meg;
- OTB
- Din tidligste forfar syndet, og dine representanter har gjort opprør mot meg.
- B1930
- Din første far syndet, og dine talsmenn falt fra mig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Read in contextIsaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:25–28
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
Read in contextLamentations 4:13–14
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
Read in contextMalachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Read in contextMatthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:12
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
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