Moreover, a privilege unique and truly admirable was theirs: never did the sins of kings bring upon this people, as upon so many others, subjection to a foreign yoke. The promise of the Psalm would seem to have been renewed in favor of this nation: If his children forsake my law … and keep not my commandments, I will visit their iniquities with a rod … but my mercy I will not take away from him.”
Aidha, upendeleo kipekee na kwa kweli admirable ilikuwa ni yao: kamwe alifanya dhambi za wafalme kuleta juu ya watu hawa, kama juu ya wengine wengi, chini ya mamlaka ya nira ya kigeni. ahadi ya Zaburi inaweza kuonekana wamekuwa upya katika neema ya taifa hili: Ikiwa watoto wake wakiiacha sheria yangu … na kuendelea siyo amri zangu, nami kutembelea maovu yao kwa fimbo … lakini huruma yangu mimi si kuchukua mbali kutoka kwake. “”