Luke 19:43

But the days will come to thee when thine enemies shall encompass thee and straiten thee on every side,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

42If thou hadst known these things which are for thy peace, and in this thy day! But now they are hidden from thine eyes.

44and they shall overthrow thee, and thy children within thee, and not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:7But when the king heard, he was wroth; and sent his forces and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

Mark 13:14But when you see the unclean sign of desolation, that which is spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (he who readeth, let him understand!) then let those who are in Jehud flee to the mountain

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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