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I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/43.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/43.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/43.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/43.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/43.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings; Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you glorified Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You have not brought Me your sheep <i>or</i> goats for your burnt offerings, Nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with [demands for offerings of] incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings or wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought Me your sheep for burnt offerings or honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings or wearied you with incense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/43.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/43.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have not honored me by sacrificing sheep or other animals. And I have not burdened you with demands for sacrifices or sweet-smelling incense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/43.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not made thee to serve with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings or honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you by requiring grain offerings or trouble you by requiring incense offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/43.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You did not bring me your burnt offerings of sheep; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you by demanding offerings or wear you out by asking for incense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/43.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You haven't brought me your sheep for a burnt-offering, nor have you honored me with your sacrifices, nor have you made meal offerings for me — yet I have not tired you about incense!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/43.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/43.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not brought to Me, "" The lamb of your burnt-offerings, "" And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, "" I have not caused you to serve with a present, "" Nor wearied you with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hast not brought in to Me, The lamb of thy burnt-offerings, And with thy sacrifices thou hast not honoured Me, I have not caused thee to serve with a present, Nor wearied thee with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou broughtest not to me the sheep of thy burnt-offering, and thou honoredst me not with thy sacrifices I caused thee not to serve with a gift, and I wearied thee not with frankincense.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/43.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings, nor honor me with your sacrifices. I did not exact from you the service of offerings, nor weary you for frankincense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You have not brought me lambs of your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with request offerings, nor wearied you with demands for incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have not brought me lambs that you have burnt, neither have you honored me with your offerings. I have not oppressed you with offerings and I have not wearied you with incense<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; Neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, Nor wearied thee with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast not brought me the sheep of thy whole-burnt-offering; neither hast thou glorified me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied thee with frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/43-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9596" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/43.htm">Israel's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22</span>But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hê·ḇê·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7716.htm" title="7716: śêh (N-msc) -- Or sey; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. A sheep or goat.">sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">for burnt offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: ḵib·baḏ·tā·nî (V-Piel-Perf-2ms:: 1cs) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">nor honored Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ū·zə·ḇā·ḥe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">with your sacrifices.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: he·‘ĕ·ḇaḏ·tî·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">burdened you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: bə·min·ḥāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">with offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/3021.htm" title="3021: hō·w·ḡa‘·tî·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To toil, grow or be weary. A primitive root; properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.">wearied</a> <a href="/hebrew/3828.htm" title="3828: bil·ḇō·w·nāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Frankincense. Or lbonah; from laban; frankincense.">you with frankincense.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8-13</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. / I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-22</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></span><br />Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-8</a></span><br />Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a></span><br />But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15-16</a></span><br />Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. / And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have not brought me the small cattle of your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.</p><p class="hdg">hast not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Amos 5:25</a></b></br> Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-13.htm">Malachi 1:13,14</a></b></br> Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness <i>is it</i>! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought <i>that which was</i> torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8</a></b></br> Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.</p><p class="hdg">Small cattle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></b></br> To what purpose <i>is</i> the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a></b></br> He that killeth an ox <i>is as if</i> he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, <i>as if</i> he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, <i>as if he offered</i> swine's blood; he that burneth incense, <i>as if</i> he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a></b></br> The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright <i>is</i> his delight.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/28-17.htm">Burdened</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Demands</a> <a href="/songs/4-14.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Glorified</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-17.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-20.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/songs/5-13.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-23.htm">Requests</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-7.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Small</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-15.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm">Wearied</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Burdened</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/daniel/2-11.htm">Demands</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Glorified</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-5.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-4.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Requests</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Small</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Wearied</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 43</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">The Lord comforts the church with his promises.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/43-8.htm">He appeals to the people for witness of his omnipotence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">He foretells them the destruction of Babylon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">And his wonderful deliverance of his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm">He reproves the people as inexcusable</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/43.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/43.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings</b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, burnt offerings were a central aspect of worship and atonement, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus 1</a>. The absence of these offerings indicates a neglect of covenantal obligations. Sheep, often used in these sacrifices, symbolize innocence and purity, prefiguring Christ as the Lamb of God (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>). The failure to bring these offerings reflects a deeper spiritual apathy and disobedience among the Israelites.<p><b>nor honored Me with your sacrifices</b><br>Sacrifices were meant to honor God, acknowledging His sovereignty and holiness. The Israelites' neglect in offering sacrifices suggests a lack of reverence and gratitude. This neglect is not just a failure in ritual but a heart issue, as God desires obedience and a contrite heart over mere ritual (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a>). This phrase underscores the importance of genuine worship over empty religious practices.<p><b>I have not burdened you with offerings</b><br>God emphasizes that He has not imposed excessive demands on His people. The sacrificial system, while detailed, was designed for the people's benefit, to maintain a relationship with God and to foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice of Christ (<a href="/hebrews/10.htm">Hebrews 10:1-10</a>). This statement highlights God's grace and the ease of His yoke compared to the burdensome practices of surrounding pagan religions.<p><b>nor wearied you with frankincense</b><br>Frankincense, a costly and fragrant resin, was used in offerings and symbolizes prayer and worship (<a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">Exodus 30:34-38</a>, <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a>). God's statement that He has not wearied them with demands for frankincense suggests that His requirements are reasonable and not meant to be a burden. This reflects God's desire for sincere devotion rather than extravagant displays, aligning with Jesus' teaching on worship in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, addressing the Israelites. He is the one who receives offerings and sacrifices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people being addressed, who were expected to bring offerings and sacrifices to God as part of their covenant relationship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings_and_sacrifices.htm">Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices</a></b><br>These were central elements of worship in ancient Israel, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/incense.htm">Incense</a></b><br>Used in the temple as a symbol of prayer and worship, representing the people's devotion to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a></b><br>The author of the book, delivering God's message to the Israelites during a time of spiritual complacency.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_over_rituals.htm">True Worship Over Rituals</a></b><br>God desires genuine worship from the heart rather than mere ritualistic practices. Our relationship with Him should be marked by sincerity and devotion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_patience.htm">God's Grace and Patience</a></b><br>The verse highlights God's patience and grace, as He does not burden His people with endless rituals. Instead, He seeks a relationship based on love and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination_in_worship.htm">Self-Examination in Worship</a></b><br>Believers should regularly examine their worship practices to ensure they are not merely going through the motions but are truly honoring God with their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of the sacrificial system, offering Himself once for all. Our response should be a life of gratitude and service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_sacrifices.htm">Living Sacrifices</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is our true and proper worship (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_43.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 43</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_should_you_weep_or_laugh.htm">What is calamus in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_lion_inherently_righteous.htm">What does 'All we like sheep have gone astray' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'we_are_one'.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'I and the Father are one'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_jesus'_images_important.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' images?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/43.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">I have not caused thee to serve . . .</span>--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 incense when they were far away from the Temple to whose ritual it belonged.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings</span>. If this reproach is regarded as addressed to <span class="accented">captive</span> Israel, who <span class="accented">could not</span> offer sacrifices, we must explain it by the analogy of the expression, "the calves of your lips" (<a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a>). All prayer may be regarded as a sort of offering, and withholding it as withholding sacrifice. But it is possible that the prophet is not addressing captive Israel only, but carrying his thoughts back to the period preceding the Captivity, when there was a general neglect of God's service, and for a time the temple was given up to idol-worship (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3-7</a>; <a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-14</a>). The glance back at earlier times is apparent in vers. 27, 28. <span class="cmt_word">I have not caused thee to serve with an offering</span>, etc.; rather, I <span class="accented">put no heavy service on thee in respect of meat offering</span>, <span class="accented">neither made I thee to toil in respect of incense</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "my positive requirements have been light - surely thou shouldst have complied with them." Meat offerings were to accompany every sacrifice, but were a small burthen. Incense was not required from any private person. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/43-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You have not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brought</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵבֵ֤יאתָ</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ḇê·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">sheep</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׂ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(śêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7716.htm">Strong's 7716: </a> </span><span class="str2">A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for burnt offerings,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלֹתֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor honored Me</span><br /><span class="heb">כִבַּדְתָּ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḵib·baḏ·tā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with your sacrifices.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּזְבָחֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·zə·ḇā·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burdened you</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעֱבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ĕ·ḇaḏ·tî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with offerings,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִנְחָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wearied</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹגַעְתִּ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·ḡa‘·tî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3021.htm">Strong's 3021: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with incense.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְבוֹנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bil·ḇō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3828.htm">Strong's 3828: </a> </span><span class="str2">Frankincense</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 43:23 You have not brought me of your (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 43:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 43:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 43:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 43:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>