Jesus’s Love for Jerusalem

41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept(A) for it, 42 saying, “If you knew(B) this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden(C) from your eyes. 43 For the days will come on you(D) when your enemies will build a barricade around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.(E) 44 They will crush you and your children among you to the ground,(F) and they will not leave one stone on another(G) in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”(H)

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 And when he approached and[a] saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known on this day—even you—the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment[b] against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions. 44 And they will raze you to the ground, you and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, because[c] you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:41 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 19:43 Or “a palisade” (the term can refer to either a wooden or an earthen barricade)
  3. Luke 19:44 Literally “in return for which”