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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