'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

and unto Israel He saith, 'All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'

And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness [be] through law -- then Christ died in vain.

for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,