2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.For the Lord 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 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.