Matthew 23:37-39

Amplified Bible

Lament over Jerusalem

³⁷“^[a]O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.^(A) ³⁸Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!^(B) ³⁹For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”^(C)

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Matthew 23:37 The nation of Israel personified.

Matthew 23:37-39

New International Version

³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,^(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,^(B) and you were not willing. ³⁸Look, your house is left to you desolate.^(C) ³⁹For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’^[a]”^(D)