You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
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You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Isaiah 40:28 declares God never faints or grows weary — the classic divine inexhaustibility text. Exodus 31:17 says God was "refreshed" after creation, implying prior tiredness.
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"Isaiah 43:24 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/isaiah/43/24?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).