Isaiah 1:1-15 is among the bleakest passages in all the Bible. God, speaking through Isaiah, declares that Israel has revolted against him, has abandoned him and has become desolate. He declares that Israel has bloodied hands and is not worthy to come into his presence. But I noticed a single verse that seem to strike home with our present circumstances today: “An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s manger, But Israel does not know, My people do …