3. the ox knows his owner,and the donkey his master’s crib,but Israel does not know;My people do not consider.
4. Alas, sinful nation,a people laden with iniquity,a brood of evildoers,children who deal corruptly!They have forsaken the Lord,they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger,they are estranged and backward.
5. Why should you be beaten again,that you revolt more and more?The whole head is sick,and the whole heart faint.
6. From the sole of the foot even to the headthere is no soundness in it.Wounds, bruises,and open sores;they have not been closed,nor bandaged, nor soothed with oil.
7. Your country is desolate,your cities are burned with fire;strangers devour your landin your presence;and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8. The daughter of Zion is leftlike a shelter in a vineyard,like a hut in a field of melons,like a besieged city.