“For this year, which we Christians write as the year 1542 since the birth of Christ, is exactly 1468 years, going on fifteen hundred years, since Vespasian and Titus destroyed Jerusalem and expelled the Jews from the city…..For such ruthless wrath of God is sufficient evidence that they assuredly have erred and gone astray.  Even a child can comprehend this.  For one dare not regard God as so cruel that he would punish his own people so long, so terribly, so unmercifully, and in addition keep silent, comforting them neither with words nor with deeds, and fixing no time limit and no end to it.  Who would have faith, hope, or love toward such a God?  Therefore this work of wrath is proof that the Jews, surely rejected by God, are no longer his people, and neither is he any longer their God.  This is in accord with Hosea 1:9, ‘Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.’  Yes, unfortunately, this is their lot, truly a terrible one.  They may interpret this as they will; we see the facts before our eyes, and these do not deceive us” (Luther, M, 2014, “On the Jews and Their Lies”, RiverCrest Publishing, Austin, Texas).