O Jerusalem, Jerusalem] Luke 13. 34. The name is doubled, to expresse great affection in the speaker, as 2 Samuel 18:33. that killest the prophets] Nehemiah 9:26. Acts 7:32. and stonest them which are sent] 2 Chron. 24 21. how often would I have gathered] 2Es 1:30. He speaketh of his humane and ministeriall will; for his divine will could not be resisted by them. thy children] The Jews, whose mother-citie Jerusalem was, whom they repaired to for worship, judicature, and succour in war and streits, Luke 19:14. together] A long time striving with them, to bring them to faith and repentance, and so free them from future evils. So Psalms 17:8. and 91.. ye would not] So Proverbs 1:24. Isaiah 65:12. and Isaiah 30:20. Jeremiah 7:13. Ezekiel 24:13.