⁴ Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
^[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.

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord does ^(A)not take pleasure in their young men,
^(B)Nor does He have pity on their ^[a]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is ^(C)godless and an ^(D)evildoer,
And every ^(E)mouth is speaking foolishness.
^(F)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.