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The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but[a] Israel doesn’t know,
    and[b] my people don’t understand.

“Oh, you sinful nation!
    You people burdened down by iniquity!
You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil!
    You corrupt children!

“They’ve abandoned the Lord;
    they’ve despised the Holy One of Israel;
        in their estrangement, they’ve walked away from me.[c]

“Why will you still be struck down?
    Why will you continue to rebel?
Your whole head is sick,
    and your whole heart is faint.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:3 So 4QIsaj; 1QIsaa MT lack but
  2. Isaiah 1:3 So 4QIsaj; 1QIsaa MT lack and
  3. Isaiah 1:4 Lit. they’ve gone back

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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