Isaiah 43:22

The Lord Rebukes His People

43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;

you did not long ¹  for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ² 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ³ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ⁴ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

[43:22]  ¹ tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”

[47:15]  ² tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ³ tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”