They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(A)
Is this the way you repay(B) the Lord,
    you foolish(C) and unwise people?(D)
Is he not your Father,(E) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you

“But they have acted corruptly toward him;
    when they act so perversely,
are they really his children?[a]
    They are a deceitful and twisted generation.
Is this the way you repay the Lord,
    you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
    Has he not made you and established you?

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Footnotes

  1. 32:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

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