Luke 19:43

The time is coming upon you when your enemies will besiege you, building ramps to attack you, encircling you and closing you in from every side.

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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

42“I really wish today that you, even you, had known the path that leads to peace!” he said. “But now it's hidden from your eyes.

44They will smash you to the ground, you and your children within you. They won't leave one stone on another within you, for you refused to accept salvation when it came to you.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation to attack you from a long way off, from the ends of the earth. They will swoop down upon you like an eagle, this nation whose language you won't understand.

Isaiah 29:1Tragedy is coming to you Ariel, Ariel the city where David lived! Year after year you have your festivals.

Jeremiah 6:3“Shepherds” and their “flocks” will come to attack her; they will set up their tents all around her, each one looking after his own.

Ezekiel 26:8He will kill the people living in your villages of the mainland with the sword. He will construct siege works to attack you. He will build a ramp against your walls, and his soldiers will hold their shields above them as they advance on you.

Matthew 22:7The king became furious. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their town.

Mark 13:14But when you see the ‘idolatry that causes devastation’ standing where it shouldn't be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea should run 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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