^2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^(B)earth;
For ^[a]Yahweh speaks,
“^(C)Sons I have reared and raised up,
But they have ^(D)transgressed against Me.

²³ Your ^(A)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ^(B)loves a bribe
And pursues rewards.
They ^(C)do not execute justice for the ^[a]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

⁹ For this is a ^(A)rebellious people, ^(B)false sons,
Sons who are not willing to ^(C)listen
To the law of Yahweh,

^2 (A)I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^(B)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^[a]following their own ^(C)thoughts,