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Isaiah 43:22-28

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22“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of me, Israel.

23You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

24You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.

25“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

26Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.

27Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me. 28So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. and Israel to scorn.