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    The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey knows its owner’s manger,
    but Israel does not know.
    My people do not understand.

How terrible it will be for that sinful nation,
for a people loaded with guilt,
offspring[a] who act wickedly,
children who are corrupt!
They have forsaken the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
They have deserted him and turned back.

Why do you keep earning more beatings?
Why do you continue to rebel?
Your whole head is wounded.
Your whole heart is weak.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:4 Literally seed