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27 Your first ancestor[a] sinned,
    and your representatives[b] transgressed against me.
28 And I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
    and I gave Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reviling.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:27 Or “father”
  2. Isaiah 43:27 Literally “scoffers” or “spokesmen”

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.