³ The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.”^(A)

¹¹ When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.^(A)
Therefore their Maker^(B) will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.^(A)
Because you have rejected knowledge,^(B)
I will reject you^(C) from serving as my priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,^(D)
I will also forget your sons.