Quoted By:
“O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
What more should I have done to thee, and have not done? I have planted thee for My most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved very bitter to Me, for in My thirst thou gavest Me vinegar to drink; and didst pierce the side of thy Savior with a spear.
I led thee out of Egypt, having drowned the Pharoah in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered Me up to the chief priests.
I opened the sea before thee; and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud; and thou hast brought Me to the court of Pilate.
I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with buffets and stripes.
I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
With great might I raised thee on high; and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross.”