King James Version (KJV)

Isaiah 43:27

“Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.”

Verse in context — Isaiah 43

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

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.