Luke 19:42
and said, “If only you, even you, had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. 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 →