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27 Your first father sinned, and your lawyers[a] committed crimes against me. 28 I will make your Temple leaders unfit to serve there. I will destroy Jacob.[b] Bad things will happen to Israel.

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  1. Isaiah 43:27 lawyers Or “speakers,” people who argue a person’s case in court. This might refer to priests or prophets.
  2. Isaiah 43:28 destroy Jacob Or “I will make Jacob completely mine.”

27 Your first father(A) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(B) you rebelled(C) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[a](D)
    and Israel to scorn.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.