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Selected Verse: Isaiah 43:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 43:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Put me in remembrance [02142]: let us plead [08199] together [03162]: declare [05608] thou, that thou mayest be justified [06663]. |
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King James |
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Put me in remembrance--Remind Me of every plea which thou hast to urge before Me in thy defense. Image from a trial (Isa 1:18; Isa 41:1). Our strongest plea is to remind God of His own promises. So Jacob did at Mahanaim and Peniel (Gen 32:9, Gen 32:12). God, then, instead of "pleading against us with His great power," "will put His strength" in us (Job 23:6); we thus become "the Lord's remembrancers" (Isa 62:6, Margin). "Declare God's righteousness" vindicated in Jesus Christ "that thou mayest be justified" (Rom 3:26; compare Isa 20:1-6, and Psa 143:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Put me in remembrance - That is, urge all the arguments in your own defense which you can urge. State everything in self-vindication which can be stated. The language here is taken from the practice of courts when a cause is on trial; and God urges them on their side, to urge all in self-vindication which they can urge. On his part, he alleged that the princes and rulers of the nation had sinned Isa 43:27; that the whole nation had transgressed Isa 43:23-24, and that for this they were justly punished Isa 43:28. He here urges them to advance all in self-defense which they could - if they could pretend that He had forgotten anything; that they had merits which he had not considered; or that he had charged them with crime with undue severity.
Let us plead together - Hebrew, 'Let us be judged together' (see the note at Isa 41:1).
Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified - That you may show that you are just, or righteous; that you may demonstrate that you are unjustly accused of crime, and punished with undue severity. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Jehovah now calls upon Israel, if this be not the case, to remind Him of any merit upon which it can rely. "Call to my remembrance; we will strive with one another: tell now, that thou mayst appear just." Justification is an actus forensis (see Isa 1:18). Justice accuses, and grace acquits. Or has Israel any actual merits, so that Justice would be obliged to pronounce it just? The object to hazkı̄rēnı̄ and sappēr, which never have the closed sense of pleading, as Bttcher supposes, is the supposed meritorious works of Israel. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Put me - I remember nothing by which thou hast deserved my favour. |
2 And enter [0935] not into judgment [04941] with thy servant [05650]: for in thy sight [06440] shall no man living [02416] be justified [06663].
1 In the year [08141] that Tartan [08661] came [0935] unto Ashdod [0795], (when Sargon [05623] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] sent [07971] him,) and fought [03898] against Ashdod [0795], and took [03920] it;
2 At the same time [06256] spake [01696] the LORD [03068] by [03027] Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531], saying [0559], Go [03212] and loose [06605] the sackcloth [08242] from off thy loins [04975], and put off [02502] thy shoe [05275] from thy foot [07272]. And he did so [06213], walking [01980] naked [06174] and barefoot [03182].
3 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Like as my servant [05650] Isaiah [03470] hath walked [01980] naked [06174] and barefoot [03182] three [07969] years [08141] for a sign [0226] and wonder [04159] upon Egypt [04714] and upon Ethiopia [03568];
4 So shall the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] lead away [05090] the Egyptians [04714] prisoners [07628], and the Ethiopians [03568] captives [01546], young [05288] and old [02205], naked [06174] and barefoot [03182], even with their buttocks [08357] uncovered [02834], to the shame [06172] of Egypt [04714].
5 And they shall be afraid [02865] and ashamed [0954] of Ethiopia [03568] their expectation [04007], and of Egypt [04714] their glory [08597].
6 And the inhabitant [03427] of this isle [0339] shall say [0559] in that day [03117], Behold, such [03541] is our expectation [04007], whither we flee [05127] for help [05833] to be delivered [05337] from [06440] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: and how shall we escape [04422]?
26 To [4314] declare [1732], I say, at [1722] this [3568] time [2540] his [846] righteousness [1343]: that [1519] he might be [1511] just [1342], and [2532] the justifier [1344] of him [846] which believeth [4102] in [1537] Jesus [2424].
6 I have set [06485] watchmen [08104] upon thy walls [02346], O Jerusalem [03389], which shall never [08548] hold their peace [02814] day [03117] nor night [03915]: ye that make mention [02142] of the LORD [03068], keep not silence [01824],
6 Will he plead [07378] against [05978] me with his great [07230] power [03581]? No; but he would put [07760] strength in me.
12 And thou saidst [0559], I will surely [03190] do thee good [03190], and make [07760] thy seed [02233] as the sand [02344] of the sea [03220], which cannot be numbered [05608] for multitude [07230].
9 And Jacob [03290] said [0559], O God [0430] of my father [01] Abraham [085], and God [0430] of my father [01] Isaac [03327], the LORD [03068] which saidst [0559] unto me, Return [07725] unto thy country [0776], and to thy kindred [04138], and I will deal well [03190] with thee:
1 Keep silence [02790] before me, O islands [0339]; and let the people [03816] renew [02498] their strength [03581]: let them come near [05066]; then let them speak [01696]: let us come near [07126] together [03162] to judgment [04941].
18 Come now [03212], and let us reason together [03198], saith [0559] the LORD [03068]: though your sins [02399] be as scarlet [08144], they shall be as white [03835] as snow [07950]; though they be red [0119] like crimson [08438], they shall be as wool [06785].
1 Keep silence [02790] before me, O islands [0339]; and let the people [03816] renew [02498] their strength [03581]: let them come near [05066]; then let them speak [01696]: let us come near [07126] together [03162] to judgment [04941].
28 Therefore I have profaned [02490] the princes [08269] of the sanctuary [06944], and have given [05414] Jacob [03290] to the curse [02764], and Israel [03478] to reproaches [01421].
23 Thou hast not brought [0935] me the small cattle [07716] of thy burnt offerings [05930]; neither hast thou honoured [03513] me with thy sacrifices [02077]. I have not caused thee to serve [05647] with an offering [04503], nor wearied [03021] thee with incense [03828].
24 Thou hast bought [07069] me no sweet cane [07070] with money [03701], neither hast thou filled [07301] me with the fat [02459] of thy sacrifices [02077]: but thou hast made me to serve [05647] with thy sins [02403], thou hast wearied [03021] me with thine iniquities [05771].
27 Thy first [07223] father [01] hath sinned [02398], and thy teachers [03887] have transgressed [06586] against me.
18 Come now [03212], and let us reason together [03198], saith [0559] the LORD [03068]: though your sins [02399] be as scarlet [08144], they shall be as white [03835] as snow [07950]; though they be red [0119] like crimson [08438], they shall be as wool [06785].