Translations
"Jerusalem! Jerusalem — city that kills its prophets and stones the very messengers God sends! How often I have ached to gather your children close, as a mother hen shelters her chicks beneath her wings — but you refused!
"Yerushalayim! Yerushalayim! — you who murder the nevi'im and stone those sent to you! How many times I longed to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicks beneath her wings — but you refused!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens 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!
