Isaiah Chapter 43 verse 27 Holy Bible
Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.
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Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.
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Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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Thy first father sinned, And thine interpreters transgressed against me,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - Thy first father hath sinned; rather, thy first father sinned; that is, "Thou hast no merits of thy own. Even thy first father, Abraham, sinned (Genesis 12:13, 18; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 20:2); and thy teachers have transgressed. Thy very priests and prophets have been full of imperfections - have often sinned against me. Much more hast thou, my people generally, committed grievous offences. Thou must therefore throw thyself on my mercy."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) Thy first father hath sinned . . .--The words have been interpreted: (1) of Adam; (2) of Abraham; (3) of Jacob; (4) of the ancestors of Israel collectively; (5) of this or that high priest individually. (3) fits in best. (See Isaiah 43:28.)Thy teachers.--Literally, thy interpreters (Job 33:23), or thy mediators. The term is used in 2Chronicles 32:31 of the "ambassadors "of the king of Babylon, and stands here for the priests and the prophets, who ought officially to have been the expounders of the Divine will.
