Isaiah 1:3, The Origin of the Manger?

The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.

//Is it possible that this verse in Isaiah contributed to the legend of Jesus’ birth in a manger? Remember the story in the Gospel of Luke:

And [Mary] brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. –Luke 2:7

Is Luke playing up the idea of Israel’s misunderstanding? Even more interesting is t...