4  Ah, sinful nation,

a people laden with iniquity,

^joffspring of evildoers,

children who deal corruptly!

They have ^kforsaken the Lord,

they have ^ldespised the Holy One of Israel,

they are utterly ^mestranged.

9  ⁿIf the Lord of hosts

had not left us a few survivors,

we should have been like ^oSodom,

and become like Gomorrah.