Luke 19:42
“If only you had known, indeed even in this your day, which things are for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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In Context
41And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29Who will grant to them to have such a mind, so that they may fear me, and may keep all my commandments at all times, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever?
Psalms 32:6By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
Psalms 95:7Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor.
Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.
Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea,
Ezekiel 18:31Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
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 →