Isaiah 1:5

³ 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.

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶ From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

⁷ Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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: Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
KJV: Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
WEB: Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
ASV: Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
DARBY: Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
BLB: For what should you⁺ be struck still? Should you⁺ continue in rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart [is] faint.

ÅB: Hvorfor vil dere la dere slå fremdeles? Hvorfor øker dere deres frafall? Hvert hode er sykt, og hvert hjerte er svakt.
OTB: Hvorfor skal dere bli slått igjen, når dere fortsetter i deres opprør? Hele hodet er sykt, og hele hjertet svakt.
B1930: Hvorfor vil I la eder slå fremdeles? Hvorfor øker I eders frafall? Hvert hode er sykt, og hvert hjerte er svakt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Daniel 9:8–11
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
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Ezekiel 24:13
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
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Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Revelation 16:8–11
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
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Zephaniah 3:1–4
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
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Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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Isaiah 31:6
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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Jeremiah 6:28–30
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
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