²⁸ They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment^(A) in them.

²² “My people are fools;^(A)
    they do not know me.^(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(D)
    they know not how to do good.”^(E)

¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^(A)
    and women come and make fires^(B) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;^(C)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator^(D) shows them no favor.^(E)

⁶ Is this the way you repay^(A) the Lord,
    you foolish^(B) and unwise people?^(C)
Is he not your Father,^(D) your Creator,^[a]
    who made you and formed you?^(E)

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
¹⁵ For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’^[a](B)

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

⁹ The wise^(A) will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed^(B) and trapped.^(C)
Since they have rejected the word^(D) of the Lord,
    what kind of wisdom^(E) do they have?