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Isaiah 43:24
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.
Isaiah 43:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults.
Context of Isaiah 43:24
22“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for 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. You 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.
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לֹא־קָנִ֨יתָ לִּ֤י בַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ קָנֶ֔ה וְחֵ֥לֶב זְבָחֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א הִרְוִיתָ֑נִי אַ֗ךְ הֶעֱבַדְתַּ֙נִי֙ בְּחַטֹּאותֶ֔יךָ הוֹגַעְתַּ֖נִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou hast boughtקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
- me no sweet caneקָנֶהqâneh · branch: stemH7070
- with moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- neither hast thou filledרָוָהrâvâh · to quenchH7301
- me with the fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
- of thy sacrificesזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
- but thou hast made me to serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: burdenH5647
- with thy sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- thou hast weariedיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
- me with thine iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
Cross-references for Isaiah 43:24
- Exodus 30:7“Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Jeremiah 6:20What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.”
- Leviticus 3:16The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
- Leviticus 4:31They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
- Psalms 50:9I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
- Isaiah 1:14Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
- Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
- Isaiah 63:10Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.
- Psalms 95:10For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
- Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
- Ezekiel 16:43“ ‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?
- Amos 2:13“Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
Commentaries on Isaiah 43:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Thou hast bought me - You have not purchased this - implying that it was not produced in Palestine, but was an article of commerce. It was to be obtained only from abroad. This is expressly affirmed in Jeremiah 6:20: To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from afar country?‘ That it was an article of commerce is also apparent from Ezekiel 27:19: Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs (that is, Tyre)…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 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? I, even I, am he who yet blotteth out thy transgressions. This encourages us to repent, because there is forgiveness with God, and shows the freeness of Divine mercy. When God forgives, he forgets. It is not for any thing in us, but for his mercies'…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. bought--for "sweet cane" (aromatic calamus) was not indigenous to Palestine, but had to be bought from foreign countries (Jr 6:20). It was used among the Hebrews to make the sacred ointment (Ex 30:23). It is often offered as a mark of hospitality. filled--satiated (Jr 31:14). God deigns to use human language to adapt Himself to human modes of thought. made me to serve--though "I have not caused thee to serve" (Is 43:23). Our sin made the Son of God to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 43
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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