²⁰ “A time is coming when you will see armies surround Jerusalem. Then you will know that it will soon be destroyed. ²¹ Those who are in Judea should then escape to the mountains. Those in the city should get out. Those in the country should not enter the city. ²² This is the time when God will punish Jerusalem. Everything will come true, just as it has been written. ²³ How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers! There will be terrible suffering in the land. There will be great anger against those people. ²⁴ Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles come to an end.