Isaiah 1:2-4

International Children’s Bible

God Finds Fault with His People

²Heaven and earth, listen,
    because the Lord is speaking:
“I raised my children and helped them grow.
    But they have turned against me.
³An ox knows its master.
    And a donkey knows where its owner feeds it.
But the people of Israel do not know me.
    My people do not understand.”

⁴Terrible times are coming for Israel, a nation of sin.
    The people are loaded down with guilt.
They are like a group of children doing evil.
    They are full of evil.
They have left the Lord.
    They hate God, the Holy One of Israel.
    They have turned away from him.