2Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord hath spoken: Children have I nourished and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4Woe! sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupt: they have forsaken the Lord, they have incensed the Holy One of Israel, they are departed backward.
5Why will ye be stricken yet more? that ye increase the revolt? every head is sick, and every heart is faint.