Isaiah 1:2-7

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The Wickedness of Judah

²^(A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^(B)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children^[a] ^(C)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
³The ox ^(D)knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does ^(E)not know,
    my people do not understand.”

⁴Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
^(F)offspring of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have ^(G)despised ^(H)the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly ^(I)estranged.

⁵Why will you still be ^(J)struck down?
    Why will you ^(K)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
⁶^(L)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are ^(M)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

⁷^(N)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

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