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

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

A foolish woman {is} clamorous: {she is} simple, and knoweth nothing.

For my people {is} foolish, they have not known me; they {are} sottish children, and they have none understanding: they {are} wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide {it} not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

(She {is} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart {is} not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength {lieth}.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and {when} the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight {be} deeper than the skin of his flesh, it {is} a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.