^52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^(B)the Righteous One, ^(C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

^12 (A)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^(B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

^16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^(B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^(C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

¹⁰ He said, “I have been very ^(A)jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^(B)thrown down your altars, and ^(C)killed your prophets with the sword, ^(D)and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

^15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^(C)oppose all mankind

¹⁴ But you denied ^(A)the Holy and ^(B)Righteous One, and ^(C)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and you killed ^(D)the Author of life, ^(E)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

^47 (A)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. ^48 (B)So you are witnesses and you ^(C)consent to the deeds of ^(D)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore also ^(E)the Wisdom of God said, ^(F)‘I will send them ^(G)prophets and apostles, ^(H)some of whom they will ^(I)kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ so that ^(J)the blood of all the prophets, shed ^(K)from the foundation of the world, may be ^(L)charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of ^(M)Abel to the blood of ^(N)Zechariah, who perished between ^(O)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be ^(P)required of this generation.

³¹ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^(A)sons of those who murdered the prophets. ^32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³ You serpents, ^(C)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(D)hell? ^34 (E)Therefore ^(F)I send you ^(G)prophets and wise men and ^(H)scribes, ^(I)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(J)some you will ^(K)flog in your synagogues and ^(L)persecute from town to town, ³⁵ so that on you may come all ^(M)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(N)Abel to the blood of ^(O)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(P)the sanctuary and ^(Q)the altar. ³⁶ Truly, I say to you, ^(R)all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

^37 (S)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(T)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^(U)gathered ^(V)your children together ^(W)as a hen gathers her brood ^(X)under her wings, and ^(Y)you were not willing!