Isaiah 1:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ An ox knows its owner
    and the donkey its master’s stall,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.
⁴ You are a sinful nation,
    a people weighed down with iniquity,
a race of evildoers
    whose children are corrupt;
you have forsaken the Lord,
    despised the Holy One of Israel,
    and turned your backs on him.
^{5     [a]}Why do you continue to seek further beatings?
    Why do you persist in your rebellion?
Your entire head is sick
    and your whole heart is faint.