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Truly this is a wicked nation,
    a people fat with wrongdoing,
Like a litter of miscreants,
    a pack of wilding adolescents.
They’ve rejected the Eternal,
    despised the Holy One of Israel;
    they’ve turned their backs on Him.

5-6 Why do you insist on taking a beating?
    Why do you persist in such reckless rebellion?
Your bodies already suffer head to toe—
    your heads ache and hearts flutter;
Your skin is covered with bruises,
    swollen with welts, and gaping with wounds,
    with no tending, no healing, no soothing.

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Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(A)
a brood of evildoers,(B)
    children given to corruption!(C)
They have forsaken(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs(F) on him.

Why should you be beaten(G) anymore?
    Why do you persist(H) in rebellion?(I)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(J) afflicted.(K)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(L)
    there is no soundness(M)
only wounds and welts(N)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(O)
    or soothed with olive oil.(P)

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