Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
[a](A)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who (B)act corruptly!
They have (C)abandoned the Lord,
They have (D)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [b]from Him.

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  1. Isaiah 1:4 Lit Seed
  2. Isaiah 1:4 Lit backward

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.

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24 Yet they (A)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they [a](B)went backward and not forward.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit were

24 But they did not listen(A) or pay attention;(B) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(C) They went backward(D) and not forward.

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