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25 But I am the one who removes your sins
    when you do not obey me.
I, the Lord, do that, because of who I am.
    I do not hold your sins in my mind.
26 So let us talk together about what has happened.
    Show me why you think that you are right!
27 Your first ancestor did not obey me.[a]
    Your leaders and teachers turned against me.

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Footnotes

  1. 43:27 ‘Your first ancestor’ may mean Jacob (Israel). He was the ancestor of the Israelite nation.

25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(A) for my own sake,(B)
    and remembers your sins(C) no more.(D)
26 Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;(E)
    state the case(F) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(G) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(H) you rebelled(I) against me.

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