Luke 19:43

For 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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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“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.

44they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:7The king, in anger, sent his troops, put those murderers to death, and set their city on fire.

Mark 13:14“As soon, however, as you see ‘the Foul Desecration’ standing where it ought not” (the reader must consider what this means) “then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in 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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