¹⁰ The Lord said through his servants the prophets:

³⁴ Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;^(A) others you will flog in your synagogues^(B) and pursue from town to town.^{(C) 35} And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel^(D) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,^(E) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.^{(F) 36} Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.^(G)

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,^(H) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(I) and you were not willing.

The Fall of Jerusalem^(A)(B)

¹⁵ The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers^(C) again and again,^(D) because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

¹⁰ The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.