Isaiah 43:28
And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:21And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant:
1 Chronicles 24:5And he divided both the families one with the other by lot: for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 89:39But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy bend: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.
Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out.
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 →