If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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Oh that

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

General references

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

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