Isaiah 43 · Verse 22

Isaiah 43:22

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Isaiah 43:22, King James Version

Isaiah 43:22 in other translations

BSBBut you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
WEBYet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
ASVYet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
YLTAnd Me thou hast not called, O Jacob, For thou hast been wearied of me, O Israel,
DARBY— But thou hast not called upon me, Jacob; for thou hast been weary of me, O Israel:
BBEBut you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.
WebsterBut thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

What does Isaiah 43:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. But--Israel, however, is not to think that these divine favors are due to their own piety towards God. So the believer (Tit 3:5). but--rather, "for." weary of me--(Am 8:5, 6; Mal 1:13), though "I have not wearied thee" (Is 43:23), yet "thou hast been weary of Me."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 But thou hast not called upon me - The connection is: But thou, Israel, whom I have chosen, whom I have formed for myself to be my witness against the false gods of the nations; even thou hast revolted from me, hast neglected my worship, and hast been perpetually running after strange gods. The emphasis of this and the following parts of the sentence, on which the sense depends, is laid on the words Me, on My Account, etc. The Jews were diligent in performing the external services of religion; in offering prayers, incense, sacrifices, oblations; but their prayers were not offered with faith; and their oblations were made more frequently to their idols than to the God of their fathers. The Hebrew idiom excludes with a general negative, in a comparative sense, one of two objects opposed to one another: thus, "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice," Hos 6:6. "For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices; but this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice," Jer 7:22, Jer 7:23. And the meaning of this place of Isaiah seems to be much the same with that of Amos; who however has explained at large both parts of the comparison, and specified the false service opposed to the true: - "Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings, In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Nay, but you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch, And Chiun, your images; The star of your god, which you made to yourselves." Amo 5:25, Amo 5:26. But thou hast been weary of me, O Israel "Neither on my account hast thou lahoured, O Israel" - For כי יגעת ki yagata, the Septuagint and Vulgate read ויגעת veyagata. - Houbigant. The negative is repeated or referred to by the conjunction ו vau, as in many other places. See note on Isa 23:4.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 43:22-28
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' sake, his promise' sake; especially for his Son's sake. He is pleased to reckon it his honour. Would man justify himself before God? The attempt is desperate: our first father broke the covenant, and we all have copied his example. We have no reason to expect pardon, except we seek it by faith in Christ; and that is always attended by true repentance, and followed by newness of life, by hatred of sin, and love to God. Let us then put him in remembrance of the promises he has made to the penitent, and the satisfaction his Son has made for them. Plead these with him in wrestling for pardon; and declare these things, that thou mayest be justified freely by his grace. This is the only way, and it is a sure way to peace.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 43:22 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אֹתִ֥י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
קָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.tayou have called onH7121
יַֽעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoO JacobH3290
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יָגַ֥עְתָּya.Ga'.tayou have grown wearyH3021
בִּ֖יbiwith me
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElO IsraelH3478

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Cross references for Isaiah 43:22

  • Micah 6:3

    O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

  • Malachi 3:14

    Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

  • Malachi 1:13

    Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

  • James 4:2-3

    Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  • Jeremiah 2:11-13

    Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • Daniel 9:13

    As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

  • Job 21:14-15

    Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • Jeremiah 2:5

    Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • Hosea 7:10-14

    And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou hast not.
64:7; Ps 14:4; 79:6; Jer 10:25; Da 9:13; Ho 7:10-14; 14:1,2
Jas 4:2,3
thou hast been.
Job 21:14,15; 27:9,10; Jer 2:5,11-13,31,32; Mic 6:3; Mal 1:13
Mal 3:14; Joh 6:66-69

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Context

  • Isaiah 43:21

    This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

  • Isaiah 43:22

    But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

  • Isaiah 43:23

    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.

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Isaiah 43:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no me invocaste á mí, oh Jacob; antes, de mí te cansaste, oh Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais tu ne m’as pas invoqué, ô Jacob; car tu as été las de moi, ô Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Doch nicht mich hast du angerufen, Jakob, daß du dich um mich gemüht hättest, Israel!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non me invocasti, Jacob, nec laborasti in me, Israël.