Isaías 43:22

22 Contudo tu não me invocaste a mim, ó Jacó; mas te cansaste de mim, ó Israel.

Isaías 43:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 43:22

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob
The Jews, though they were the posterity of Jacob, a praying person, yet did not tread in his steps, but were more like the Heathens that called not on the name of the Lord; though there is no necessity of restraining this to prayer, it may regard the whole worship of God, which is sometimes included in the invocation of his name; and so the Targum,

``and ye come not to my worship, O ye of the house of Jacob.''

The Jews, in Christ's time, did not call upon his name, nor believe in him, nor receive his Gospel, nor submit to him and his ordinances; they rejected him and his service, therefore the Lord rejected them, and called the Gentiles, as before prophesied of: but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel:
of the word, worship, and ordinances of God; see ( Malachi 1:13 ) ( Amos 8:5 ) .

Isaías 43:22 In-Context

20 Os animais do campo me honrarão, os chacais e os avestruzes; porque porei águas no deserto, e rios no ermo, para dar de beber ao meu povo, ao meu escolhido,

21 esse povo que formei para mim, para que publicasse o meu louvor.

22 Contudo tu não me invocaste a mim, ó Jacó; mas te cansaste de mim, ó Israel.

23 Não me trouxeste o gado miúdo dos teus holocaustos, nem me honraste com os teus sacrifícios; não te fiz servir com ofertas, nem te fatiguei com incenso.

24 Não me compraste por dinheiro cana aromática, nem com a gordura dos teus sacrifícios me satisfizeste; mas me deste trabalho com os teus pecados, e me cansaste com as tuas iniqüidades.