Luke 19:43
For the days will come upon thee, when thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side,
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Isaiah 29:1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, The city where David dwelt! Add year to year, Let the festivals go round,
Jeremiah 6:3The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; They shall pitch their tents against her round about; They shall feed each one in his place.
Ezekiel 26:8Thy daughters upon the land shall he slay with the sword; and he shall set a tower against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee;
Matthew 22:7And the king was enraged; and sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Mark 13:14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not,—let him that readeth understand,—then let those who are in Judaea flee 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 →