2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD [1] has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

4 Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring [2] of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.