Isaiah 43:26

Despite The People Of Israel's Past Sin, The Lord Will Forgive Them

²⁵
“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.
²⁶ 
“Remind Me [of your merits with a thorough report], let us plead and argue our case together;
State your position, that you may be proved right.
²⁷
“Your first father [Jacob] sinned,
And your spokesmen [the priests and the prophets—your mediators] have transgressed against Me.

Enter into Judgment

Let Us

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.

Isaiah 43:9

All the nations have gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them (the idolaters) can predict this [that Judah would return from captivity]
And proclaim to us the former events?
Let them provide their witnesses so that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say [in acknowledgement], “It is the truth.”

Job 40:4-5

“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 40:7-8

“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

Genesis 32:12

And You [Lord] said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper and make your descendants as [numerous as] the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’”

Job 16:21

“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Job 23:3-6

“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Isaiah 41:1

“Listen to Me in silence, you islands and coastlands,
And let the nations gain their strength;
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us come together for judgment [and decide the issue between us concerning the enemy from the east].

Isaiah 50:8

He who declares Me in the right is near;
Who will [dare to] contend with Me?
Let us stand up to each other;
Who is My adversary?
Let him approach Me.

Jeremiah 2:21-35

“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned against Me
Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?

Ezekiel 36:37

‘Thus says the Lord God, “This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Luke 18:9-14

He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:

Romans 8:33

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

Romans 10:3

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Romans 11:35

Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him?