Isaiah 43:26 (WEB)

Passage

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 43:24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.

Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 43:26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

Isaiah 43:27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

Isaiah 43:28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "justified", "remembrance", "plead", "together", "declare", and "case". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "justified" 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 he who blots..." into verse 27's "Your first father sinned and your teachers...", so "justified" 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 "justified" and "remembrance" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.