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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:27

Thy first father hath sinned - This is the argument on the side of God, to show that they were neither unjustly punished, nor punished with undue severity. The argument is, that their rulers and teachers had been guilty of crime, and that therefore it was right to bring all this vengeance upon the nation. Various interpretations have been given of the phrase ‘thy first father.’ A slight notice of them will lead to the correct exposition.1. Many have supposed that Adam is referred to here. Thus... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:28

Therefore I have profaned - The princes of the sanctuary, that is, the priests, were by their office regarded as sacred, or set apart to the service of God. To depose them from that office, to subject them to punishment, and to send them into captivity, was, therefore, regarded as profaning them. They were stripped of their office, and robes, and honors, and reduced to the same condition, and compelled to meet with the same treatment, as the common people. The sense is, that he had made them... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:27-28

Isaiah 43:27-28. Thy first father hath sinned Some think that Urijah, who was high-priest in the time of Ahaz, is here especially meant: see 2 Kings 16:10-11. But it is more probable that the expression is put for their forefathers collectively; and so he tells them, that as they were sinners, so also were all their progenitors, yea, even the best of them. Thus Lowth: “Your ancestors, reckoning from Adam downward, have been sinners, and you have trod in their steps:” see Ezekiel 2:3;... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-28

Redemption through God’s grace (43:1-28)Despite Israel’s failure and subsequent punishment, God has not cast off his people for ever. God used the power of foreign nations to enslave them and bring sufferings and hardships upon them, but he will now destroy the power of those nations. He will make them pay the ransom price for the redemption of captive Israel. They will fall so that Israel can go free (43:1-4). Wherever the captives are, they are still God’s people, and he will bring them back... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:27

Thy first father: i.e. Jacob, as stated in the next verse (compare Deuteronomy 26:5 .Ezekiel 16:3 , Ezekiel 16:45 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:28

princes = priests, whose great duty it was to "teach" the people the Law and Word of God (see notes on Deuteronomy 17:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:10 ). Jacob . . . Israel. Including the whole Nation: the subject of this prophecy concerning Jehovah's "servant". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:25-28

Isaiah 43:25-28. I, even I, am he that blotteth out— In the 25th verse the prophet declares, in words truly evangelical, that the divine grace alone, freely forgiving transgressions and sins, is the cause of the blessings and benefits predicted and promised. He then urges, Isa 43:26 the conviction begun, Isaiah 43:22. He offers to the Jews in the name of God, the condition of publicly disputing before just judges, and at the same time of choosing that side of the argument which they should... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:27

27. first father—collectively for "most ancient ancestors," as the parallelism ("teachers") proves [MAURER]. Or, thy chief religious ministers or priests [GESENIUS]. Adam, the common father of all nations, can hardly be meant here, as it would have been irrelevant to mention his sin in an address to the Jews specially. Abraham is equally out of place here, as he is everywhere cited as an example of faithfulness, not of "sin." However, taking the passage in its ultimate application to the Church... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:28

28. profaned the princes— (Psalms 89:39; Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:6; Lamentations 2:7). I have esteemed, or treated, them as persons not sacred. I have left them to suffer the same treatment as the common people, stripped of their holy office and in captivity. princes of the sanctuary—"governors of" it (Lamentations 2:7- :); directing its holy services; priests. curse—Hebrew, cherim, a "solemn anathema," or "excommunication." reproaches— (Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:27

Israel’s sin was traceable all the way back to her namesake, Jacob (Isaiah 43:22; cf. Deuteronomy 26:5; Hosea 12:2-4). Other possibilities are that Adam or Abraham is in view. Even the leaders of Israel had consistently sinned against the Lord (cf. Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 5:31); it was not just the present generation that was unacceptable to Him. read more