O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen her chickens!".
The expression, then, "How often "shows wisdom to be manifold; every mode of quantity and quality, it by all means saves some, both in time and in eternity. "For the Spirit of the Lord fills the earth.".
"For this is the end of foolish pleasure. Such, indeed, is the case. And when He says, "Be not much with a strange woman"