What this means

If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.
Matthew 12:7-8

No one breaks it for them

The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
Lamentations 4:4

What is this generation like?

To what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions and saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’
Matthew 11:16-17

Fury like fire

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 4:4

What is worthy

Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out.
Matthew 10:11

The spirit of burning

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning
Isaiah 4:4

Learn what this means

Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
Matthew 9:13

Like the tower of David

Your neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armory, On which hang a thousand bucklers, All shields of mighty men.
Song of Solomon 4:4