Translations
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem — you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How many times I have longed to gather your children together, as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings — but you refused!"
"O Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim — you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I longed to gather your children as a hen gathers her brood under her wings — but you would not!"
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
