But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
- KJV But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
- NKJV “But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
- NASB ¶“Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, Israel.
- NLT “But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel!
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Quick answer
Despite all His goodness, Israel has not called on God but grown weary of Him. It exposes the people's spiritual indifference toward their gracious Redeemer.
Overview
God turns to indictment: His people neglected prayer and tired of His worship. Their weariness reveals a heart cold toward grace. This honest exposure of sin makes the unmerited forgiveness that follows all the more amazing, a forgiveness secured in Christ.
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Cross-references · 17
- Mic 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
- Mal 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
- Mal 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
- Jas 4:2–3You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- Jer 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
- Dan 9:13Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
- Hos 7:10–14Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Hos 14:1–2Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- John 6:66–69From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- Jer 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
- Isa 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
- Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Job 27:9–10Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- Jer 2:11–13Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- Ps 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Ps 79:6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Jer 2:31–32You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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