King James Version
Isaiah 1:3 in the King James Version says “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”
Isaiah 1:3 · KJV
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. laden: Heb. of heaviness gone: Heb. alienated, or, separated
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. revolt: Heb. increase revolt
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“doth not know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“his owner”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“his master's”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
“but Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“doth not know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“doth not consider”
H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand
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