(A)Listen, heavens, and hear, (B)earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
(C)Sons I have raised and brought up,
But they have (D)revolted against Me.

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A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(A)
    For the Lord has spoken:(B)
“I reared children(C) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(D) against me.

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23 Your (A)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone (B)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They (C)do not obtain justice for the [a]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:23 Or fatherless

23 Your rulers are rebels,(A)
    partners with thieves;(B)
they all love bribes(C)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(D)

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For this is a (A)rebellious people, (B)false sons,
Sons who [a]refuse to (C)listen
To the [b]instruction of the Lord;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:9 Lit are not willing
  2. Isaiah 30:9 Or Law

For these are rebellious(A) people, deceitful(B) children,
    children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.(C)

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(A)I have spread out My hands all day long to a (B)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, [a]following their own (C)thoughts,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:2 Lit after

All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)

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