Luke 21:22

For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.

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In The King James Version

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

In Context

21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and those who are in its midst withdraw, and those who are in the countryside not enter into it.

23Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15But if you are not willing to listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day, all these curses shall come to you, and take hold of you.

Deuteronomy 32:34‘Have not these things been stored up with me, and sealed up amid my treasures?

Isaiah 34:8For this is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of retribution for the judgment of Zion.

Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance is in my heart. The year of my redemption has arrived.

Jeremiah 51:6Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29

Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →

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