Isaiah 43:27
Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Cross References
Numbers 32:14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.
Isaiah 9:15(9-14) The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind, without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; raving, lying down, loving to slumber.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, and the priests bear rule at their beck; and My people love to have it so; What then will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; Lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what 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 →