Luke 21:23

Oy 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,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 land, and wrath upon this people.

In Context

22Because 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

24And they will fall by the edge of the cherev (sword) and they will all be led captive into the Golus, and Yerushalayim will be trampled down by the Goyim, until the times of the Goyim are fulfilled. + 21:24 Isa 5:5; 63:18; Dan 8:13

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Cross References

Lamentations 4:10The hands of the pitiful nashim 1 have cooked their own yeladim; 1 they were their meat 1 in the destruction of the Bat Ami. 1

Matthew 21:44And the one having fallen on this EVEN + 21:44 Dan 2:35; Isa 8:14-15 (Stone) + 21:44 Moshiach will be crushed; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.

Mark 13:17And oy to the ones with child and the ones with nursing infants in those days.

Luke 19:43Because yamim (days) will come upon you when your oyevim (enemies) will construct a siege against you and they will surround you and will hem you in from all directions. + 19:43 Isa 29:3; Jer 6:6; Ezek 4:2; 28:6

1 Thessalonians 2:16By hindering us from speaking to the Goyim in order that the Goyim might find Yeshu'at Eloheinu. Thus they always make complete their peysha'im. So the charon af, the burning wrath, the furious retribution of Hashem has overtaken them at last.

Hebrews 10:26For when we intentionally commit chet b'yad ramah + 10:26 Num 15:30 (wilful sin with a high hand of defiance) after having received the full da'as of HaEmes, there remains no longer a korban for chattoteinu,

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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