Luke 21:23
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.
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22For these are to be the days of vengeance, when all that scripture says will be fulfilled.
Cross References
Matthew 21:44Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.’
Mark 13:17And alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
Luke 19:43For a time is coming when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
1 Thessalonians 2:16for they try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation, and so are always filling up the measure of their iniquity. But the wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
Hebrews 10:26Remember, if we sin wilfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;
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 →