Luke 21:22

Because these are the Yemei Nekamah (Days of Vengeance), as a fulfillment of all the Kitvei Hakodesh. + 21:22 Isa 63:4; Dan 9:24-27; Hos 9:7

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

In Context

21Then the ones in Yehudah, flee to the mountains, and the ones inside HaIr (the City), let them get out, and the ones in the sadot (fields), let them not enter into HaIr (the City),

23Oy to the ones with child and to the ones nursing in yamim hahem (those days). For there will be Tzarah Gedolah (Great Tribulation) upon Eretz Yisroel and kaas (anger) against this people,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Deuteronomy 32:34Is not this laid up in store with Me, 1 and sealed up among My otzrot (treasures)? 1

Psalms 69:22They gave me also gall in my food; 1 and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink. + 69:22 See Mt 27:34,48 ; Mk 15:23,36; Lk 23:36; Yn 19:28-30 1

Isaiah 34:8For it is the Yom Nakam L' Hashem (Day of Vengeance unto Hashem ), 1 and the Shnat Shillumim (Year of Retributions) for the cause of Tziyon. 1

Isaiah 63:4For Yom Nekam (Day of Vengeance) is in Mine lev, 1 and My Shanat Geulah (Year of Redemption) is come. 1

Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Bavel, and deliver every ish his nefesh; 1 be not slain because of her avon; 1 for this is the time of Hashemʼs vengeance; 1 He will render unto her a full recompence. 1

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 →

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