Isaiah 43:26 (LSB)

Passage

Bring Me to remembrance, let us enter into judgment together; Recount your cause, that you may be proved right.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 43:24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins; You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 43:26 Bring Me to remembrance, let us enter into judgment together; Recount your cause, that you may be proved right.

Isaiah 43:27 Your first father sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.

Isaiah 43:28 So I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, And I will give Jacob to be devoted to destruction and Israel to revilement.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "remembrance", "enter", "judgment", "together", "recount", "cause", and "proved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "remembrance", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "I even I am the one who..." into verse 27's "Your first father sinned And your spokesmen...", so "bring" and "remembrance" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bring" and "remembrance" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.