you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.
So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.
though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;
Then, I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" Why, first of all Moses declares, I will make you jealous of a nation that is no nation, I will provoke you to anger over a nation devoid of understanding.
I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him.
Once you disobeyed God, and now you enjoy his mercy thanks to their disobedience; in the same way they at present are disobedient,