Isaiah 1:3

Translations

Modern

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Traditional

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Literal

An ox has known his owner and a donkey the trough of its master; Israel has not known; my people have not understood.”

Latin

Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus præsepe domini sui; Israël autem me non cognovit, et populus meus non intellexit.

Original

Hebrew

English

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Notes

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner: Even an animal recognizes the one who feeds and cares for it. But Judah did not recognize or obey the Lord in this way.

Even so, despite their rebellion, God still spoke to them as “my people.” This shows his continued grace (undeserved kindness) toward them.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Isaiah 44:18
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13–15
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Psalm 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Deuteronomy 32:28–29
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Proverbs 6:6
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Jeremiah 9:3–6
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 28:5–15

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Apostasy Congregation Courts and Trials Hamor Isaiah, Book of Knowledge Manger Master

Topics

Beasts: Possessed of Instinct Blindness: Spiritual Church: Backslidden Crib used for Grain Godlessness: General Scriptures Concerning Ignorance of God: Israelites Ingratitude to God: Inexcusable Instinct of Animals Jerusalem: Wickedness of National Sins: Kingdom of Judah Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Rebellion Against God: Ingratitude of-Illustrated the Domestic Donkey: Not Devoid of Instinct The Ox: Not Without Sagacity

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