^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.
³ The ox ^(D)knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does ^(E)not know,
    my people do not understand.”
⁴ Ah, 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.