3:19 And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake, and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob, and diligence unto the generation of Israel.
3:20 And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.
3:21 For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.
3:22 Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
3:23 So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end: then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:
3:24 Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.
3:25 When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,
3:26 And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done: for they also had a wicked heart:
3:27 And so thou gavest thy city over into the hands of thine enemies.
3:28 Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon, that they should therefore have the dominion over Sion?