Isaiah 43:24

Thou hast bought me no sweet-smelling reed with silver, Neither hast thou satisfied me with the fat of thy sacrifices; With thy sins hast thou burdened me, And wearied me with thine iniquities.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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 iniquities.

In Context

23Thou hast not brought me thy lambs for a burnt-offering, Nor honored me with thy sacrifices; I have not burdened thee with oblations, Nor wearied thee with incense;

25I, I myself, blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, And will not remember thy sins.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:9I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

Isaiah 1:14Your new moons and your feasts my soul hateth; They are a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

Isaiah 7:13Then he said, Hear ye now, O house of David! Is it too small a thing for you to weary men, That ye should weary my God also?

Jeremiah 6:20To what purpose is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet-smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, Nor are your sacrifices sweet to me.

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 →

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