Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God speaks directly to Israel, answering their charge that He has forgotten them and then their complaint that He burdens them with their sins (v.24). He asserts the action as His own, not a response to their merit.

The words — מֹחֶה (mocheh, H4229) literally means "wiping out," the same root as magen (shield), suggesting an active erasure rather than passive overlooking. The double self-identification אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי ('anokhi 'anokhi) marks emphatic "I am the one who does this."

The thread — Hebrews 8:12 and 10:17 both quote the "remember no more" clause, applying it to the new covenant's forgiveness. Micah 7:18 echoes the pardoning language in a different context (the remnant's iniquity passed over).

Why it lands — The phrase "for My own sake" (לְמַעֲנִי) removes the reader from the transaction: forgiveness is not earned, negotiated, or reciprocated. The verse asks nothing of the reader except to stop arguing the case (v.26).

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The Hebrew words

אָנֹכִ֨י'a.no.KhiI אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiI ה֛וּאhu'[am] he מֹחֶ֥הmo.Cheh[who is] wiping out פְשָׁעֶ֖יךָfe.sha.'Ei./khatransgressions/ your לְמַעֲנִ֑יle.ma.'a./Nifor own sake/ my וְחַטֹּאתֶ֖יךָve./cha.to.Tei./khaand/ sins/ your לֹ֥אlo'not אֶזְכֹּֽר׃'ez.KorI will remember

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Hebrews 8:12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Hebrews 10:17 Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
Psalms 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
Psalms 79:8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,