Luke 19:43

For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies shall build an embankment about you, and surround you, and keep you in on every side,

Revised King James New Testament

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

42Saying, If you, even you, had only known on this day, the things which make for peace! but now they are hidden from your eyes.

44And shall level you to the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you did not know the time of your visitation.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:7The king was angry, and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

Mark 13:14When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be, (let him who reads understand,) then let those who are in Judaea flee to 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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