⁷ But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out ^(A)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

²⁷ But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”

¹⁷ For the time has come ^(A)for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, ^(B)what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? ¹⁸ Now

²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles ^(A)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

^16 (A)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always ^(B)to fill up the measure of their sins; ^(C)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.

⁴² saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this ^(A)your day, the things that ^(B)make for your ^(C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon you when your enemies will ^(D)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, ^44 (E)and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and ^(F)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, ^(G)because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

⁴⁰ “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”

^41 (A)They said to Him, ^(B)“He will destroy those wicked men miserably, ^(C)and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will ^[a]render to him the fruits in their seasons.”

The Day of the Lord^(A)