Isaiah 43:25

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
out	מֹחֶ֥ה mo.Cheh	H4229	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
transgressions	פְשָׁעֶ֖יךָ fe.sha.'Ei.kha	H6588	a revolt (national · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
remember	אֶזְכֹּֽר 'ez.Kor	H2142	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
sins	וְחַטֹּאתֶ֖יךָ ve.cha.to.Tei.kha	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his…
Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the…
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red lik…
Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Psalms 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Psalms 79:8-9 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:22–end

This charge (and a high charge it is which is here exhibited against Jacob and Israel, God's professing people) comes in here, 1. To clear God's justice in bringing them into captivity, and to vindicate that. Were they not in covenant with him? Had they not his sanctuary among them? Why then did the Lord deal thus with his land? Deu 29:24. Here is a good reason given: they had neglected God and had cast him off, and therefore he justly rejected them and gave them to the curse (Isa 43:28); and they must be brought to own this before they are prepared for deliverance; and they did so, Dan 9:5; Neh 9:33. 2. To advance God's mercy in their deliverance and to make that appear more glorious. Many…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 43:25

I, even I--the God against whom your sin is committed, and who alone can and will pardon. (Isa 44:22). for mine own sake-- (Isa 48:9, Isa 48:11). How abominable a thing sin is, since it is against such a God of grace! "Blotted out" is an image from an account-book, in which, when a debt is paid, the charge is cancelled or blotted out. not remember . . . sins-- (Jer 31:34). When God forgives, He forgets; that is, treats the sinner as if He had forgotten his sins.

John Gill on Isaiah 43:25

I, even I am he, that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,.... The same with "sins" in the next clause; original sin, and actual sins; which are transgressions of the law of God, of which the law accuses, for which it pronounces guilty, curses, and condemns; which are contrary to the nature of God, strike at his deity, and must be abominable to him; they are many, yea infinite, and yet all pardoned for Christ's sake; which is here expressed by a "blotting" them out, in allusion to the blotting of a debt book: sins are debts, and these are many, and which cannot be paid by the sinner; Christ has made full payment; as the surety of his people: upon this the debt book is crossed;…

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John Calvin

The Church Fathers

You have blotted it out, indeed, in your hearts and minds, but the Word of God is not blotted out, the Holy Spirit is not blotted out but turns away from impious minds. It is not grace but iniquity that is blotted out; for it is written, "I am he, I am he who blots out your iniquities."
— Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit 3.10.61

God does not wait for time to elapse after repentance. You stated your sin, you are justified. You repented, you have been shown mercy. Time does not excuse; rather, the manner of the repentant individual erases the sin. One individual may wait a long time and not gain salvation, and another, who confesses genuinely, is stripped of the sin inside a short time.
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON REPENTANCE AND ALMSGIVING 7:4.12

For now the devil urges us to sin and also accuses us when we do sin. If, therefore, in this life we anticipate him and are ourselves our own accusers, we escape the wickedness of the devil, our enemy and our accuser.… Does he [the prophet] not evidently show the mystery that we are dealing with when he says, "you speak first" to show you that you ought to anticipate him who was prepared to accuse you?
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 3:4.5

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Pardon — The forgiveness of sins granted freely (Isa. 43:25), readily (Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:5), abundantly (Isa. 55:7; Rom. 5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a…
Pardon · Is granted: Freely — Is granted: Freely

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 43:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 43:25

John Gill on Isaiah 43:25

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 43:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 43:25

John Gill on Isaiah 43:25

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 43:25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 43:25

Rashi on Isaiah 43:25