Isaiah 1:3
An ox knows its owner, and a donkey knows its feeding trough; but my people don't know me, they don't understand me.
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Deuteronomy 32:28Israel is a nation that doesn't think straight; none of them understand anything.
Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Isaiah 5:12At their feasts you have lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine, but you don't ever consider what the Lord is doing, and you don't recognize his help.
Isaiah 42:20You've looked at many things but have not really seen; you've heard but never really listened.”
Jeremiah 4:22“My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are foolish children who just don't understand. They're experts at doing evil, but they don't know how to do good.”
Jeremiah 9:3Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. They go from one evil thing to the next, forgetting all about me, declares the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:3-10
The Degeneracy of Israel; The Sinfulness of Israel; The Sufferings of Israel. ( b. c. 738.) 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →