Isaia 43:22

22 Ma, quant’è a te, o Giacobbe, tu non mi hai invocato; ti sei tu pure affaticato per me, o Israele?

Isaia 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 ) .

Isaia 43:22 In-Context

20 Le fiere della campagna, gli sciacalli, e le ulule mi glorificheranno; perciocchè io avrò messe dell’acque nel deserto, e de’ fiumi nella solitudine, per dar bere al mio popolo, al mio eletto.

21 Il popolo che io m’ho formato, racconterà la mia lode.

22 Ma, quant’è a te, o Giacobbe, tu non mi hai invocato; ti sei tu pure affaticato per me, o Israele?

23 Tu non m’hai presentate le pecore de’ tuoi olocausti, e non m’hai onorato co’ tuoi sacrificii; io non t’ho tenuto in servitù intorno ad offerte, nè faticato intorno ad incenso.

24 Tu non m’hai comperata con danari canna odorosa, e non m’hai inebbriato col grasso de’ tuoi sacrificii; anzi tu hai tenuto me in servitù co’ tuoi peccati, e m’hai faticato con le tue iniquità.