"Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast …" — Isaiah 43:24

Isaiah 43:24 · KJV

“Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. {filled...: Heb. made me drunk, or, abundantly moistened}”

— Isaiah 43:24

Verse 23

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. {small...: Heb. lambs, or, kids}

Verse 25

I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 43 — Context

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. {filled...: Heb. made me drunk, or, abundantly moistened}

I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings {are} not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Isaiah 7:13

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; {Is it} a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

Isaiah 1:14

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear {them}.

Ezekiel 6:9

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

Psalms 50:9-13

I will take no bullock out of thy house, {nor} he goats out of thy folds.

Malachi 2:13-17

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth {it} with good will at your hand.

Psalms 95:10

Forty years long was I grieved with {this} generation, and said, It {is} a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, {and} he fought against them.