Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets! You stone those sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings. But you would not have it!
Matthew 23:37-39
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!
Deuteronomy 32:11-12
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its wings,
Ruth 2:12
May Jehovah reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!
Luke 19:41-42
When he came close to the city he wept over it.
Luke 19:44
They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What's more you do not know when this visit will take place.
Luke 23:28
Jesus turned to them and said: Daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Deuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart in them that they would respect (reverence) me and obey all my commandments for as long as they live! Then things would go well for them and their children from generation to generation.'
Deuteronomy 32:29
They fail to see why they were defeated. They cannot understand what happened.
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
They plotted against Zechariah. Then they followed the king's order and stoned him to death in the courtyard of Jehovah's Temple.
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
Jehovah the God of their ancestors repeatedly sent messages through his prophets because he wanted to spare his people and his dwelling place.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.
Nehemiah 9:30
You put up with them for years. You admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they did not listen. So you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as if I were the pupil (apple) of your eye (center of attention). Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 36:7
How precious is your loving-kindness, O God! And the children of men put their trust in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 57:1
([Psalm of David]) Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me for I take refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge until disaster has passed.
Psalm 81:10-11
I, Jehovah, am your God! I brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Psalm 81:13
Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.
Psalm 149:2
Let Israel find joy in their creator. Let the people of Zion rejoice over their king.
Proverbs 1:24-30
I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me.
Isaiah 30:15
The Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, says: Return to me and be saved. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me. But you do not want that!
Isaiah 48:17-19
This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.
Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.
Jeremiah 2:30
I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.
Jeremiah 6:16
Jehovah says: Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest. But you said: We will not walk in it!
Jeremiah 7:23-24
I gave them this command: 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. You will walk in all the way that I command you that it may be well with you.'
Jeremiah 26:23
They brought Uriah from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. The king executed Uriah and threw his body into the burial ground for the common people.
Jeremiah 35:14
Jonadab, Rechab's son, ordered his descendants not to drink wine. This order has been carried out. His descendants have not drunk any wine to this day, because they have obeyed their ancestor's order. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have refused to listen to me.
Jeremiah 44:4-6
I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.
Lamentations 1:16
For these things I weep. My eye streams with water because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me. My children are desolate because the enemy is strong.
Lamentations 4:13
It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil doing of her priests. They have drained the blood of the upright out from her.
Hosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.
Hosea 11:7
My people are determined to turn (apostatize) from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.
Joel 2:23
Be glad you children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God! For he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes it to rain, the early rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your fathers! The former prophets declared: 'Jehovah of Hosts said, I implore you, return from your evil ways, and from your wicked activities! But they did not listen, they paid no attention to me,' said Jehovah.
Matthew 21:35-36
The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other.
Matthew 22:3
He sent out his servants to invite guests to the feast, but they would not come.
Matthew 22:6
The rest violently attacked his servants and put them to death.
Luke 15:28
The older brother was so angry he would not enter the house. His father came out and begged him to come in.
Acts 3:14-15
You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be released to you.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered.
Acts 7:59
They stoned Stephen. He called out: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!
Acts 8:1
Saul agreed to his death. There was at that time a great persecution against the congregation at Jerusalem. All but the apostles were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
Galatians 4:25-26
Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She corresponds to the Jerusalem that now is. She is in bondage with her children.
Revelation 11:8
Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was impaled.