Isaiah 43:25-27

I, even I, am He Who blots out  and  cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.  Put Me in remembrance [remind Me of your merits]; let us plead  and  argue together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified (proved right).  Your first father [Jacob, in particular] sinned, and your teachers [the priests and the prophets--your mediators] transgressed against Me. (Isaiah 43:25-27 AMP)