2 aListen, O heavens, and hear, O bearth;

For the Lord speaks,

“cSons I have reared and brought up,

But they have drevolted against Me.

3 “An ox knows its owner,

And a donkey its master’s manger,

But Israel adoes not know,

My people bdo not understand.”

4 Alas, sinful nation,

People weighed down with iniquity,

1aOffspring of evildoers,

Sons who bact corruptly!

They have cabandoned the Lord,

They have ddespised the Holy One of Israel,

They have turned away 2from Him.

5 Where will you be stricken again,

As you acontinue in your rebellion?

The whole head is bsick

And the whole heart is faint.

6 aFrom the sole of the foot even to the head

There is bnothing sound in it,

Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,

cNot pressed out or bandaged,

Nor softened with oil.

7 Your aland is desolate,

Your cities are burned with fire,

Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence;

It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.