KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 43:24
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And with the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only—thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 43
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
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.
24 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.
25 I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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לֹא־H3808 · lonotקָנִ֨יתָH7069 · qa.nahto buyלִּ֤יH9030 · nimeבַכֶּ֙סֶף֙H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyקָנֶ֔הH7070 · qa.nehbranchוְחֵ֥לֶבH2459 · che.levfatזְבָחֶ֖יךָH2077 · ze.vachsacrificeלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotהִרְוִיתָ֑נִיH7301 · ra.vahto quenchאַ֗ךְH389 · akhsurelyהֶעֱבַדְתַּ֙נִי֙H5647 · a.vadto serveבְּחַטֹּאותֶ֔יךָH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinהוֹגַעְתַּ֖נִיH3021 · ya.gabe weary/toilבַּעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ סH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crime
Cross-references
Jeremiah 6:20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.Isaiah 7:13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Isaiah 1:14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.Psalm 95:10Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.Malachi 2:13-17And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at your hand.Psalm 50:9-13I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.Amos 2:13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed [that is] full of sheaves.Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.Exodus 30:23-24Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],Leviticus 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the LORD’S.Malachi 1:14But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Leviticus 4:31And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn [it] upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.Exodus 30:34And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:Ezekiel 16:43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these [things]; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon [thine] head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
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