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27 Your father Jacob sinned.
    The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me.
28 So I put the high officials of your temple to shame.
    I let Jacob’s family be totally destroyed.
    And I let people make fun of Israel.

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27 Your first father(A) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(B) you rebelled(C) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[a](D)
    and Israel to scorn.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.