12:41 What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?
12:42 For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
12:43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
12:44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
12:45 For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
12:46 Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob:
12:47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.
12:48 As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.
12:49 And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
12:50 So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded them: