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Isaiah 1:3

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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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  1. Jeremiah 8:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

  2. Jeremiah 4:22Rank 2 from verse 3
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    22For 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.

  3. Isaiah 44:18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  4. Isaiah 5:12Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

  5. Matthew 13:13–15Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  6. Psalms 94:8Rank 6 from verse 3
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  7. Romans 1:28Rank 7 from verse 3
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  8. Isaiah 27:11Rank 8 from verse 3
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    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  9. 2 Peter 3:5Rank 9 from verse 3
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    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

  10. Deuteronomy 32:28–29Rank 10 from verse 3
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

    29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  11. Proverbs 6:6Rank 11 from verse 3
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    6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  12. Jeremiah 9:3–6Rank 12 from verse 3
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    3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

  13. Jeremiah 10:14Rank 13 from verse 3
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    14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  14. Jeremiah 10:8Rank 14 from verse 3
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    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

  15. Matthew 13:19Rank 15 from verse 3
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    19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

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Isaiah 1:3

COMBINED MEANING

owner

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The person who rightfully possesses or holds title to an animal, object, land, or vessel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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consider

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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:1THE 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.

1:2Hear, 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.

1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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1:4Ah 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.

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