Isaiah 1:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ Alas, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
a brood of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger,
    they are estranged and backward.

⁵ Why should you be beaten again,
    that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head
    there is no soundness in it.
Wounds, bruises,
    and open sores;
they have not been closed,
    nor bandaged, nor soothed with oil.