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

Oy, a sinful nation,
    a people weighed down with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
    sons dealing corruptly!
They have abandoned Adonai.
They have despised Israel’s Holy One.
They have turned backwards.
Where will you be struck again,
    as you stray away more and more?
The whole head is sick,
    the whole heart faint.

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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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