Isaiah 1:3
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 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.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 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.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- KJV
- The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- WEB
- The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”
- ASV
- The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master`s crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- DARBY
- The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
- BLB
- An ox has known his owner and a donkey the trough of its master; Israel has not known; my people have not understood.”
- ÅB
- En okse kjenner sin eiermann, og et esel sin herres krybbe; Israel kjenner intet, mitt folk forstår intet.
- OTB
- Oksen kjenner sin eier, og eselet sin herres krybbe, men Israel kjenner ikke; mitt folk forstår ikke."
- B1930
- En okse kjenner sin eiermann, og et asen sin herres krybbe; Israel kjenner intet, mitt folk forstår intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Read in contextMatthew 13:13–15
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Read in contextPsalms 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Read in contextRomans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Read in contextIsaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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