Isaías 43:22

22 »Sin embargo, querida familia de Jacob, tú te niegas a pedirme ayuda.
¡Oh Israel, te has cansado de mí!

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 Los animales salvajes de los campos me darán las gracias,
y también los chacales y los búhos,
por darles agua en el desierto.
Sí, haré ríos en la tierra árida y baldía,
para que mi pueblo escogido pueda refrescarse.

21 Yo hice a Israel para mí mismo,
y algún día me honrará delante del mundo entero.

22 »Sin embargo, querida familia de Jacob, tú te niegas a pedirme ayuda.
¡Oh Israel, te has cansado de mí!

23 No me has traído ovejas ni cabras para ofrendas quemadas.
No me has honrado con sacrificios,
aun cuando no te he agobiado ni fatigado
con exigencias de ofrendas de granos y de incienso.

24 No me has traído el cálamo aromático,
ni me has agradado con la grasa de los sacrificios.
En cambio, me has agobiado con tus pecados
y me has cansado con tus faltas.