Isaiah 43:27
Your first father sinned, and your leaders have transgressed against me. 1
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In The King James Version
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 32:14Look, you have risen up in your fathers' place, like just more sinful men, to add to Yahweh's burning anger toward Israel.
Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our ancestors; 1 we have done wrong, and we have done evil. 1
Isaiah 9:15The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail. 1
Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand. 1 They are all silent dogs who cannot bark. 1 They dream, and lying down they love to sleep. 1
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy with deceit, and the priests rule with their own power. 1 My people love it this way, but what will happen in the end?'”
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men will be ashamed. They are dismayed and trapped. 1 Behold! They reject Yahweh's word, so what use is their wisdom? 1
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 →