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An ox knows its ·master [owner],
    and a donkey knows ·where its owner feeds it [L the feeding trough/crib of its owner/master],
but the people of Israel do not know me;
    my people do not understand.”

·How terrible [Woe; Alas]! ·Israel is a nation of sin [L Sinful nation!],
    a people ·loaded [weighed] down with guilt,
·a group of children [offspring; brood; seed] ·doing evil [or born from evildoers],
    ·children [or sons] who ·are full of evil [act corruptly; are depraved].
They have ·left [abandoned; forsaken] the Lord;
    they ·hate [despise; or have rejected/spurned] the Holy One of Israel [C Isaiah’s favorite title for God],
and have ·turned away [become alienated/estranged] from him.

Why ·should you continue to be [or do you insist on being] ·punished [battered; struck down]?
    Why do you continue to ·turn against him [rebel]?
Your whole head is ·hurt [bruised; wounded],
    and your whole heart is ·sick [faint; weak].

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The ox knows(A) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(B)
but Israel does not know,(C)
    my people do not understand.(D)

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

Why should you be beaten(K) anymore?
    Why do you persist(L) in rebellion?(M)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(N) afflicted.(O)

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