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 has spoken,
3. The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a descendant of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they have turned away backward.
5. Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.