Isaiah 43:27
Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
In Context
26Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set thou forth [thy case] that thou may be justified.
Cross References
Numbers 32:14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of LORD toward Israel.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. we have done wickedly.
Isaiah 9:15The elder and the honorable man, he is the head. And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:23-28
Reproof to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 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. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine… Read the whole commentary →