Luke 21:22
For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. All these curses, etc... Thus God dealt with the transgressors of his law in the Old Testament: but now he often suffers sinners to prosper in this world, rewarding them for some little good they have done, and reserving their punishment for the other world.
Deuteronomy 32:34Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed up in my treasures?
Isaiah 34:8For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion. The year of recompenses, etc... When the persecutors of Sion, that is, of the church, shall receive their reward.
Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance is in my heart, the year of my redemption is come.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will render unto her what she hath deserved.
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 →