^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.”

²¹ How the faithful city
    ^(A)has become a whore,^{[a]
    (B)}she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
    but now murderers.
^22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
    your best wine mixed with water.
²³ Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^(D)loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
^(E)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
    and the widow's cause does not come to them.