Isaiah 43:27
Thy first father did sin, and they that plead for thee transgressed against me.
Leeser Tanakh
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: relate thou, in order that thou mayest be justified.
28Therefore do I profane the holy princes, and I give up Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
Cross References
Numbers 32:14And now, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, a new race of sinful men, to augment yet more the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Isaiah 9:15(9:14) The ancient and honorable is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies is the tail.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all of them blind, they know nothing; they all are dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreamers, lying 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; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are discouraged and caught, lo, the word of the Lord have they rejected; and what wisdom have they [now]?
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 →