⁶ The dullard cannot know;
    the stupid cannot understand this:

²² I was stupid and ignorant;
    I was like a brute beast toward you.^(A)

¹⁴ Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
    goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,
for their images are false,
    and there is no breath in them.^(A)

²² “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?^(A)

³ The ox knows its owner
    and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know;
    my people do not understand.^(A)