Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Isa 1:3

“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.”

“(Jer 8:7). crib--the stall where it is fed (Pro 14:4). Spiritually the word and ordinances. Israel--The whole nation, Judah as well as Israel, in the restricted sense. God regards His covenant-people in their designed unity. not know--namely, his Owner, as the parallelism requires; that is, not recognize Him as such (Exo 19:5, equivalent to "my people," Joh 1:10-11). consider--attend to his Master (Isa 41:8), notwithstanding the spiritual food which He provides (answering to "crib" in the parallel clause).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.