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Isaiah 1:2-4
New Century Version

God’s Case Against His Children

2 Heaven and earth, listen,
    because the Lord is speaking:
“I raised my children and helped them grow up,
    but they have turned against me.
3 An ox knows its master,
    and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it,
but the people of Israel do not know me;
    my people do not understand.”

4 How terrible! Israel is a nation of sin,
    a people loaded down with guilt,
a group of children doing evil,
    children who are full of evil.
They have left the Lord;
    they hate God, the Holy One of Israel,
    and have turned away from him as if he were a stranger.

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Isaiah 1:2-4
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A Rebellious Nation

2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(A)
    For the Lord has spoken:(B)
“I reared children(C) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(D) against me.
3 The ox knows(E) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(F)
but Israel does not know,(G)
    my people do not understand.(H)”

4 Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(I)
a brood of evildoers,(J)
    children given to corruption!(K)
They have forsaken(L) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(M) of Israel
    and turned their backs(N) on him.

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