41 “What wrong have we done to you? How have we ill-treated you? Why have you abandoned us and settled down in this place?
42 You are the only one of all our prophets who is left. You are like the last bunch of grapes in a vineyard, like a lantern in a dark place, like a safe harbour for a ship in a storm.
43 Haven't we suffered enough already?
44 If you abandon us, it would have been better if we had died like the others in the fire that destroyed Jerusalem.
45 We are no better than those who died.” Then they all started crying loudly.I answered,
46 “Be brave, Israel, put away your sorrow.
47 God Most High will keep you in mind; the Almighty One has not forgotten you in all your troubles.