Luke 19:42

“If only you had known, while yet there was time – even you – the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

41When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said,

43For a time is coming when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;

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Cross References

Psalms 32:6For this cause let all who are faithful pray to you in the time of distress; then, when the great waters rush, they will not reach to him.

Psalms 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people he tends, the sheep in his care. If only you would heed his voice today:

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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