Luke 19:43

For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

In Context

42Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

44And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;

Isaiah 29:1Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

Jeremiah 6:3Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.

Ezekiel 26:8He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.

Matthew 22:7But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Mark 13:14But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:42-48

The Doom of Jerusalem Lamented; The Doom of Jerusalem Foretold. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not… Read the whole commentary →

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