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“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
See, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”
Our holy and beautiful house,
where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
“I have forsaken my house;
I have abandoned my heritage;
I have given the beloved of my soul
into the hands of her enemies.
But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts
will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will spare and rescue it.”
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.