¹⁶ but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.^(A)

³¹ Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

The Lament over Jerusalem

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

¹⁴ But you rejected the holy and righteous^[a] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,^(A)