Isaiah 43:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Jacob, you did not pray to me. Israel, you became tired of me.

Cross References

Micah 6:3

He says, “My people, tell me what I did! Did I do something wrong against you? Did I make life too hard for you?

Malachi 3:14

You said, “It is useless to worship God. We did what the Lord All-Powerful told us, but we didn’t gain anything. We cried like people at a funeral to show we were sorry for our sins, but it didn’t help.

Malachi 1:13

You smell the food and refuse to eat it. You say it is bad. Then you bring sick, crippled, and hurt animals to me. You try to give sick animals to me as sacrifices, but I will not accept them.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Jeremiah 10:25

If you are angry, then punish the other nations. They don’t know or respect you. They don’t worship you. Those nations destroyed Jacob’s family. They destroyed Israel completely. They destroyed Israel’s homeland.

Daniel 9:13

All those terrible things happened to us. This happened just as it is written in the Law of Moses, but we still have not asked the Lord our God for help. We still have not stopped sinning. We still do not pay attention to your truth, Lord.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “Do you think that I was not fair to your ancestors? Is that why they turned away from me? Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols, and they became worthless themselves.

Isaiah 64:7

We don’t call to you for help. We aren’t excited about following you, so you have turned away from us. We are helpless before you, because we are full of sin.

Psalm 79:6

Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you, against the people who do not honor you as God.

Psalm 14:4

Those who are evil treat my people like bread to be eaten. And they never ask for the Lord’s help. Don’t they know what they are doing?

Malachi 2:17

You have taught wrong things, and it makes the Lord very sad. People were doing evil things, but you said that this pleased the Lord and that he accepted those things. And you taught that God does not punish people for the evil they do.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all dirty with sin. Even our good works are not pure. They are like bloodstained rags. We are all like dead leaves. Our sins have carried us away like wind.