and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
And Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by the hand of His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His habitation;
“In vain I have struck your sons; They received no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Look at the nation Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
And our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.