Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Study Note
Study Note
'And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.' Jesus weeps over Jerusalem (verse 41) and pronounces devastation because the city 'knew not the time of its visitation' (ton kairon tēs episkopēs sou) — the visitation being Jesus's own coming as Israel's king and shepherd. The language echoes Jeremiah 6:6-8 and Micah 3:12's earlier destruction oracles, and the fulfillment in 70 CE — when Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the temple — is the event to which Luke's Gospel was already pointing. The verse illustrates the tragic dimension of rejected grace.
Other Translations
and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'
And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
Cross References
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