ULuka 19:43

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

43 Ngokuba uya kufikelwa yimihla, eziya kuthi iintshaba zakho zikubiyele ngodonga, zikungqinge, zikuxine ngeenxa zonke,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the days: Luke 21:20-24, Deuteronomy 28:49-58, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 9:27, Matthew 22:7, Matthew 23:37-39, Mark 13:14-20, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

cast: Or, "cast a bank" or rampart קבסבמ [Strong's G5482]. This was literally fulfilled when Jerusalem was besieged by Titus; who surrounded it with a wall of circumvallation in three days, though not less than 39 furlongs in circumference; and when this was effected, the Jews were so enclosed on every side, that no person could escape from the city, and no provision could be brought in. Isaiah 29:1-4, Jeremiah 6:3-6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General Deuteronomy 32:43 - avenge 1 Samuel 17:20 - trench 1 Samuel 23:7 - he is shut 2 Samuel 20:15 - cast up 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah 2 Kings 19:32 - cast a bank 2 Kings 25:1 - pitched Psalms 2:5 - Then Psalms 40:15 - desolate Isaiah 1:8 - besieged Isaiah 24:10 - city Isaiah 27:10 - the defenced Isaiah 29:3 - General Isaiah 37:33 - cast Jeremiah 4:17 - keepers Jeremiah 6:25 - the sword Jeremiah 30:3 - the days Jeremiah 52:4 - pitched Lamentations 1:17 - commanded Hosea 2:6 - I will Micah 5:1 - he hath Zechariah 11:6 - I will no Zechariah 14:2 - the city Malachi 4:1 - the day Matthew 23:38 - General Matthew 24:15 - ye Matthew 24:21 - General Luke 21:23 - great Revelation 20:9 - and compassed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the days shall come upon thee,.... Suddenly, and very quickly, as they did within forty years after this:

that thine enemies; the Romans, and such the Jews took them to be, and might easily understand who our Lord meant:

shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side: which was not only verified in the Roman armies closely besieging them; but particularly in this, as Josephus relates t that Titus built a wall about the city, of thirty nine furlongs long, and thirteen forts in it which reached ten furlongs, and all done in three days time; by which means they were pent up, starved, and famished, and reduced to inexpressible distress.

t De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He wept over it - Showing his compassion for the guilty city, and his strong sense of the evils that were about to come upon it. See the notes at Matthew 23:37-39. As he entered the city he passed over the Mount of Olives. From that mountain there was a full and magnificent view of the city. See the notes at Matthew 21:1. The view of the splendid capital - the knowledge of its crimes - the remembrance of the mercies of God toward it - the certainty that it might have been spared if it had received the prophets and himself - the knowledge that it was about to put “him,” their long-expected Messiah, to death, and “for” that to be given up to utter desolation - affected his heart, and the triumphant King and Lord of Zion wept! Amid all “his” prosperity, and all the acclamations of the multitude, the heart of the Redeemer of the world was turned from the tokens of rejoicing to the miseries about to come on a guilty people. Yet they “might” have been saved. If thou hadst known, says he, even thou, with all thy guilt, the things that make for thy peace; if thou hadst repented, had been righteous, and had received the Messiah; if thou hadst not stained thy hands with the blood of the prophets, and shouldst not with that of the Son of God, then these terrible calamities would not come upon thee. But it is too late. The national wickedness is too great; the cup is full: mercy is exhausted; and Jerusalem, with all her pride and splendor, the glory of her temple, and the pomp of her service, “must perish!”

For the days shall come ... - This took place under Titus, the Roman general, 70 a.d., about thirty years after this was spoken.

Cast a trench about thee - The word “trench” now means commonly a “pit or ditch.” When the Bible was translated, it meant also “earth thrown up to defend a camp” (Johnson’s “Dictionary”). This is the meaning of the original here. It is not a pit or large “ditch,” but a pile of earth, stones, or wood thrown up to guard a camp, and to defend it from the approach of an enemy. This was done at the siege of Jerusalem. Josephus informs us that Titus, in order that he might compel the city to surrender by “famine,” built a wall around the whole circumference of the city. This wall was nearly 5 miles in length, and was furnished with thirteen castles or towers. This work was completed with incredible labor in ten days. The professed design of this wall was “to keep” the city “in on every side.” Never was a prophecy more strikingly accomplished.

Shall lay thee even with the ground ... - This was literally done. Titus caused a plow to pass over the place where the temple stood. See the notes at Matthew 24:0. All this was done, says Christ, because Jerusalem knew not the time of its visitation - that is, did not know, and “would not” know, that the Messiah had come. “His coming” was the time of their merciful visitation. That time had been predicted, and invaluable blessings promised as the result of his advent; but they would not know it. They rejected him, they put him to death, and it was just that they should be destroyed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. Cast a trench about thee — This was literally fulfilled when this city was besieged by Titus. Josephus gives a very particular account of the building of this wall, which he says was effected in three days, though it was not less than thirty-nine furlongs in circumference; and that, when this wall and trench were completed, the Jews were so enclosed on every side that no person could escape out of the city, and no provision could be brought in, so that they were reduced to the most terrible distress by the famine which ensued. The whole account is well worth the reader's attention. See Josephus, War, book v. chap. xxii. sec. 1, 2, 3.