Isaiah 43:27
Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 32:14Behold, ye are risen up in the room of your fathers, a + 32:14 Or, an evil race, lit. a destruction, but some read, σύστρεμμα.combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.
Psalms 106:6Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Isaiah 9:15And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.
Isaiah 56:10See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Jeremiah 5:31the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future?
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there 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 →