Isaiah 43:22

43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

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

KJV

Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

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

But you have not called on me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel.

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. small: Heb. lambs, or, kids

What does Isaiah 43:22 mean?

Isaiah 43:22 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָרָא (qârâʼ), יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb), יָגַע (yâgaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

But

thou

hast

not

calledקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

upon

me,

Jacob;יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

but

thou

hast

been

wearyיָגַעyâgaʻ/yaw-gah'/H3021properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

me,

Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Topics

Prayerlessness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 43:22.

Isaiah 10:20

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 14:1

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 27:6

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 29:23

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

Isaiah 9:8

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 43:22 say?

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

Is Isaiah 43:22 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 43:22 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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