22 And thou hast not [a]called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast [b]wearied me, O Israel.

23 Thou [c]hast not brought me the sheep of thy burnt offerings, neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

24 Thou broughtest me no sweet [d]savor with money, neither hast thou made me drunk with the fat of thy sacrifices, but thou hast made me to [e]serve with thy sins, and wearied me with thine iniquities.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:22 Thou hast not worshipped me as thou oughtest to have done.
  2. Isaiah 43:22 Because thou hast not willingly received that which I did command thee, thou didst grieve me. Whereby he showeth that his mercies were the only cause of their deliverance, forasmuch as they had deserved the contrary.
  3. Isaiah 43:23 Meaning, in true faith and obedience.
  4. Isaiah 43:24 Either for the composition of the sweet ointment, Exod. 30:34, or for the sweet incense, Exod. 30:7.
  5. Isaiah 43:24 Thou hast made me to bear an heavy burden by thy sins.

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