Yesaya 43:22

The Lord Rebukes His People

43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;

you did not long ¹  for me, O Israel.

Maleakhi 3:14

3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped ²  by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? ³ 

[43:22]  ¹ tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “What [is the] profit”; NIV “What did we gain.”

[3:14]  ³ sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the Lord. The reason, of course, is that it was blatantly hypocritical.