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41 When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, 44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

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41 When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it: 42 “If you[a] had only known today what could have brought you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight, 43 because the days will come[b] when your enemies will build walls around you, surround you, and close you in on every side. 44 They will level you to the ground—you and those who live[c] within your city limits.[d] They will not leave one stone on another within your walls,[e] because you didn’t recognize the time when you were visited.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:42 I.e. the city of Jerusalem personified; and so throughout the paragraph
  2. Luke 19:43 Lit. come on you
  3. Luke 19:44 Lit. and your children
  4. Luke 19:44 The Gk. lacks city limits
  5. Luke 19:44 Lit. within you
  6. Luke 19:44 Lit. the time of your visitation