Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Ver. 43. Many times did he deliver them] And as many times told them, Servati estis ut mihi servatis, I have, therefore, saved you that ye might serve me the better; Sed surdo fabulam, but they would not hearken.
η χαρις αλλαξαι την φυσιν ου δυναται (Theogn.).