Isaiah 1

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Loud hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Since that men are deaf unto my words, I will turn me and my speech to the very heavens and earth, and call them to witness against those which should be my people: hear therefore, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for it is not I that speak, but the Lord himself complaineth of the unthankfulness of Israel, &c.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib.

What a wonder and shame it is, that they, which should be more than men, are indeed worse than beasts; for behold, the very ox and the ass, which are the dullest of all creatures, yet