Isaiah 1:3-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
3 “An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel (A)does not know,
My people (B)do not understand.”
4 Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
[a](C)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who (D)act corruptly!
They have (E)abandoned the Lord,
They have (F)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [b]from Him.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:4 Lit Seed
- Isaiah 1:4 Lit backward
Jeremiah 8:5-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 “Why then has this people, Jerusalem,
(A)Turned away in continual apostasy?
They (B)hold fast to deceit,
They (C)refuse to return.
6 “I (D)have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
(E)No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a (F)horse charging into the battle.
7 “Even the stork in the sky
(G)Knows her seasons;
And the (H)turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their [a]migration;
But (I)My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.
8 “(J)How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.
9 “The wise men are (K)put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have (L)rejected the word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 “Therefore I will (M)give their wives to others,
Their fields to [b]new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is (N)greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:7 Lit coming
- Jeremiah 8:10 Lit possessing ones
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