^{2 Ref} Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

^{3 Ref} The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

^{4 Ref} Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.