Luke 19:42

“Would that you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

41When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:

43For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;

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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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