^{4 Ref} Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged `and gone' backward.

^{5 Ref} Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.