Isaiah 1:2-4

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The Wickedness of Judah

²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Sons have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
³The ox knows its owner,
    and the ass its master’s crib;
but Israel does not know,
    my people does not understand.”

⁴Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
    sons who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly estranged.

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