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;