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Isaiah 43:23-24

It was not *sacrifices that God wanted. God intended *sacrifices to be a sign of new hearts and new lives. But the people did not have the right attitude about God’s service. So their actions in the *Temple did not please God. In fact, their actions offended him.

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See also Isaiah 43:23-24 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU HAST NOT BROUGHT ME - As a people you have witcheld from me the sacrifices which were commanded. They had not maintained and observed his worship as he had required. THE SMALL CATTLE - Margin, ‘L...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 43 Jehovah Speaks in Comfort to His People 1. _What Jehovah is and will be to Israel (Isaiah 43:1)_ 2. _Second address to the blind and deaf people (Isaiah 43:8)_ 3. Jehovah deals with their...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 43:22 TO ISAIAH 44:5. YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION, NOT PURCHASED BY HIS PEOPLE BUT ENTIRELY OF HIS GRACE, SHALL BRING NEW LIFE TO ISRAEL. It is not that during the exile Israel has assiduously sought...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THOU HAST NOT BROUGHT ME, &C. These verses are quite opposed to the alleged indifference of the prophets to the Divine ritual....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah effects this deliverance for His own sake, not in return for any service He has received at the hands of Israel. The argument of the section is difficult to follow, especially in the part whic...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The absence of sacrifice has not impaired the bond between Jehovah and His people. The thought presents a striking contrast to ch. Isaiah 1:10 ff., a passage which was probably in the writer's mind. _...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 934 THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S MERCY Isaiah 43:22. Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offeri...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME— This reproof may be connected in a two-fold manner with the preceding discourse. _First,_ that the prophet, while he consoles the better part of the church, and confi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. TO BE PERFECTED TEXT: Isaiah 43:22-28 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    43:23 oblation, (g-29) _ Minchah_ . see Leviticus 2:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MISSION OF ISRAEL 1-21. The dispersed Israelites shall be ransomed and restored. They are witnesses before the world that Jehovah is the true God. A second and more wonderful exodus is in store f...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SMALL CATTLE] Heb. 'lambs or kids'(mg.). I HAVE NOT CAUSED, etc.] i.e. I have not laid too heavy burdens on you....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE NOT CAUSED THEE TO SERVE... — The words practically imply the suspension of sacrifices during the exile. Jehovah had not imposed that bond service on them — had not wearied them with demanding...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹֽא ־הֵבֵ֤יאתָ לִּי֙ שֵׂ֣ה עֹלֹתֶ֔יךָ וּ זְב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS Isaiah 43:14-28 Let uptake care lest we thwart God's purpose in our lives. We were made to show forth His praise, Isaiah 43:21; but we must beware of causing a revoking of His...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Following the manifesto, we have in the next three Chapter s a series of messages of Jehovah. The first declares His perpetual purpose for His people. His constant attitude of love is affirmed in prom...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou (z) hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Incense. My kindness is gratuitous. In a strange land, thou couldst not offer sacrifice. See chap. xlviii. 9., and xlix. 1. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader, do not fail to overlook the very great tenderness of this expostulation, which the Lord makes with his people. What did the Lord look for, and expect in his people? Evidently, from what is her...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    23._Theft hast not brought to me. _A question arises, “Why does the Prophet bring this reproach against the Jews, who, it is evident, were very careful to offer sacrifices according to the injunction...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU HAST NOT BROUGHT ME THE SMALL CATTLE OF THY BURNT OFFERINGS,.... The kids and the lambs, which, according to the law, should have been brought for burnt offerings daily, morning and evening; and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. V...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Isa. 43:21-28. In this prophecy of the great gospel salvation, the freeness of God's grace in it, as not being at all for our righteousness, is largely insisted on here in verse Isaiah 43:21, and also...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But thou hast not called upon me_ Thou hast grossly neglected, or very negligently and hypocritically performed the duties of my worship. _Thou hast been weary of me_ Thou hast not esteemed my servic...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Israel's Salvation the Work of Jehovah's Mercy...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings, to atone for the general condition of sinfulness and to dedicate themselves to Jehovah; NEITHER HAST THOU HONORED ME WITH THY SACRIFIC...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SMALL CATTLE: _ Heb._ lambs or kids...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-28 Those who neglect to call upon God, are weary of him. The Master tired not the servants with his commands, but they tired him with disobedience. What were the riches of God's mercy toward them?...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU HAST NOT BROUGHT ME THE SMALL CATTLE OF THY BURNT OFFERINGS; either, 1. Because thou didst not offer thy sacrifices to me, but to idols. Or rather, 2. Because what thou didst offer was not done...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 43:23 brought H935 (H8689) sheep H7716 offerings H5930 honored H3513 (H8765) sacrifices H2077 serve H5647 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    BUT GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO BE HIS TRUE PEOPLE AND MUST FIRST FACE CURSING AND REVILEMENT (ISAIAH 43:22). However, while there is the glorious vision of this future true people of God, Isaiah has...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine._ I cannot p...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:14. _Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. I...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:21. _This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise._ But A sorrowful «but»; and the strain sinks from a triumphant shout to a doleful lamentation: «But « Isaiah 43:...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:18. _Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing: now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wild...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:21. _This people_ That is, God's own people: «This people» Isaiah 43:21. _Have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou has...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:18. _Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing;_ It is a very profitable thing to remember the things of old; it is greatly benefi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The chosen nation redeemed and restored. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel is God's peculiar people, distinguished from all others, and having the promise that they shall never h...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 43:1. _The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob._ Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle_ FAILURE IN RELIGIOUS DETAILS Failure in religious details may we not ask whether some emphasis may not be laid upon the designation “the small cattle”? Do...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:22 God promises to pour his life-giving Spirit upon his weary people. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:23 While in Babylonian exile, the Jewish people were unable to continue the Mosaic sacrificial system. God did not demand impossible observances during that time, but they BUR...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 43:1 A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (Isaiah 42:18) is followed, as so often in I

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration. But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 5:21; Amos 5:22; Amos 5:25; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 66:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Honoured — Either thou didst neglect sacrificing to me; or didst perform it merely out of custom or didst dishonour me, and pollute thy sacrifices by thy wicked life. Although — Altho' God had not lai...

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