Yǐsaìyàshū 43:22

22 Yǎgè a , nǐ bìng méiyǒu qiúgào wǒ . Yǐsèliè a , nǐ dǎo yànfán wǒ .

Yǐsaìyàshū 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 ) .

Yǐsaìyàshū 43:22 In-Context

20 Yĕdì de zǒushòu bì zūnzhòng wǒ , yĕ gǒu hé tuó niǎo yĕ bì rúcǐ , yīn wǒ shǐ kuàngyĕ yǒu shuǐ , shǐ shā mò yǒu hé , hǎo cìgĕi wǒde bǎixìng wǒde xuǎn mín hē .

21 Zhè bǎixìng shì wǒ wèi zìjǐ suǒ zào de , hǎo shùshuō wǒde mĕidé .

22 Yǎgè a , nǐ bìng méiyǒu qiúgào wǒ . Yǐsèliè a , nǐ dǎo yànfán wǒ .

23 Nǐ méiyǒu jiāng nǐde yáng daì lái gĕi wǒ zuò Fánjì , yĕ méiyǒu yòng jìwù zūnjìng wǒ . wǒ méiyǒu yīn gōngwù shǐ nǐ fú laó , yĕ méiyǒu yīn rǔxiāng shǐ nǐ yànfán .

24 Nǐ méiyǒu yòng yínzi wèi wǒ mǎi chāngpú , yĕ méiyǒu yòng jìwù de zhīyóu shǐ wǒ bǎozú , dǎo shǐ wǒ yīn nǐde zuìè fú laó , shǐ wǒ yīn nǐde zuìniè yànfán .