Luke 19:44
And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee, and will not leave one stone upon another within thee; because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
45Then Jesus entered the Temple and proceeded to drive out the dealers.
Cross References
Matthew 23:37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!
Mark 13:2"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."
Luke 1:78Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,
Luke 19:42"O that at this time thou hadst known--yes even thou--what makes peace possible! But now it is hid from thine eyes.
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 →