Clement of Alexandria, 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.”

“For how shall we not regard it fearful, if one who knows God shall not recognize the Lord? While the ox and the donkey, stupid and foolish animals, will know one who feeds them, Israel is found to be more irrational than these? And having, by Jeremiah, complained against the people on many grounds, God adds, "They have forsaken me, says the Lord."”

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