The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
Isaiah 1:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The ox [instinctively] knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, but Israel does not know or recognize Me [as Lord], My people do not consider or understand. American Standard Version (1901) The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Common English Bible An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s feeding trough. But Israel doesn’t know; my people don’t behave intelligently. Catholic Public Domain Version An ox knows his owner, and a donkey knows the manger of his lord, but Israel has not known me, and my people have not understood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood. |
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Though seeing many things, you pay no attention. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.’
Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.
At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the Lord’s actions, and they do not see the work of his hands.
Therefore my people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst.
These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit.
Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command that he gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.
‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’
My people were lost sheep; their shepherds led them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They wandered from mountain to hill; they forgot their resting place.
Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.
‘ “How your heart was inflamed with lust #– #the declaration of the Lord God #– #when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,
All Israel has broken your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. The promised curse written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against him.
She does not recognise that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal.
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.