A sinful nation;
A people laden with iniquity;
A seed of evil-doers;
Corrupt children:
They have forsaken the Lord;
They have despised the Holy One of Israel;
They have gone away backward. Isa. 1:4.
The parallel clauses are frequently introduced or followed by a single clause, thus:
Blessed is the man
Who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly;