Isaiah 1:3
“The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters cribbe: but Israel doeth not know, my people doeth not consider.”
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Isaiah 1:3 Context
1The Uision of Isaiah the sonne of Amoz, which hee sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem, in the dayes of Uzziah, Iotham, Ahaz, & Hezekiah kings of Iudah. 2Heare, O heauens, and giue eare, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken; I haue nourished and brought vp children, and they haue rebelled against me. 3The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters cribbe: but Israel doeth not know, my people doeth not consider. 4Ah sinnefull nation, a people laden with iniquitie, a seede of euill doers, children that are corrupters: they haue forsaken the Lord, they haue prouoked the Holy one of Israel vnto anger, they are gone away backward. 5¶ Why should yee be stricken any more? yee will reuolt more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart faint.
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- King James Version
"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, {But} Israel does not know, My people do not understand."
- New American Standard Version (1995)