Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
[a](A)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who (B)act corruptly!
They have (C)abandoned the Lord,
They have (D)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [b]from Him.

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  1. Isaiah 1:4 Lit Seed
  2. Isaiah 1:4 Lit backward

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.

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37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. So they have committed adultery with their idols, and even made their sons, (A)whom they bore to Me, pass through the fire to [a]them as food. 38 Again, they have done this to Me: they have (B)defiled My sanctuary on the same day, and have (C)profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My (D)sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and behold, this is what they did within My house.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:37 I.e., the idols

37 for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.(A) 38 They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary(B) and desecrated my Sabbaths.(C) 39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(D) it. That is what they did in my house.(E)

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Then I did away with the three shepherds in (A)one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also [a]was tired of me.

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  1. Zechariah 11:8 Or detested

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them

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