⁶ Is this the way you repay^(A) the Lord,
    you foolish^(B) and unwise people?^(C)
Is he not your Father,^(D) your Creator,^[a]
    who made you and formed you?^(E)

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.

²⁸ But rebels and sinners^(A) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake^(B) the Lord will perish.^(C)

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.