We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,(A)
for her judgment extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.(B)

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when I heal Israel,(A)
the sins of Ephraim(B) and the crimes of Samaria(C)
will be exposed.
For they practice fraud;(D)
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.(E)

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Jesus’ Lamentation over Jerusalem

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem!(A) She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks[a] under her wings, yet you were not willing!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:37 Or as a mother bird gathers her young

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