^{14 Ref} for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;

^{15 Ref} and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

^{16 Ref} but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.