Luke 19:43

For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will encompass thee, and besiege thee on every side.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

42and said: O, hadst thou known the things that are of thy peace, at least in this thy day: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.

44And they will destroy thee, and thy children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:7And when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his military forces, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

Mark 13:14And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; (let him that readeth, understand;) then let those that are in Judaea, 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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