⁴ 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.

²³ When they see among them their children,^(A)
    the work of my hands,^(B)
they will keep my name holy;^(C)
    they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One^(D) of Jacob,
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

¹¹ Leave this way,^(A)
    get off this path,
and stop confronting^(B) us
    with the Holy One^(C) of Israel!”

“Because you have rejected this message,^(B)
    relied on oppression^(C)
    and depended on deceit,