ULuka 19:44

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

44 zikukhahlele phantsi wena, nabantwana bakho phakathi, kwakho; zingashiyi nelitye phezu kwelitye phakathi kwakho, ngenxa enokuba ungalazanga ixesha lokuvelelwa kwakho.

Bible Verse Review
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lay: 1 Kings 9:7, 1 Kings 9:8, Micah 3:12

thy children: Luke 13:34, Luke 13:35, Matthew 23:37, Matthew 23:38

leave: Luke 21:6, Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2

because: Luke 19:42, Luke 1:68, Luke 1:78, Lamentations 1:8, Daniel 9:24, John 3:18-21, 1 Peter 2:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:1 - visited Exodus 3:16 - visited Deuteronomy 28:49 - bring a nation Deuteronomy 28:50 - shall not Deuteronomy 28:52 - General Deuteronomy 32:43 - avenge Ruth 1:6 - visited 1 Samuel 23:7 - he is shut 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah 2 Kings 19:32 - cast a bank 2 Kings 25:1 - pitched Job 18:20 - his day Psalms 2:5 - Then Psalms 8:4 - visitest Psalms 40:15 - desolate Song of Solomon 8:8 - in the day Isaiah 1:8 - besieged Isaiah 3:26 - shall sit Isaiah 5:13 - because Isaiah 10:3 - the day Isaiah 27:10 - the defenced Isaiah 29:3 - General Isaiah 37:33 - cast Jeremiah 4:17 - keepers Jeremiah 8:20 - General Jeremiah 11:23 - the year Lamentations 1:17 - commanded Daniel 9:26 - the prince Amos 6:11 - he will Micah 5:1 - he hath Zechariah 11:6 - I will no Zechariah 14:2 - the city Matthew 24:21 - General Matthew 24:39 - General Luke 7:16 - God Galatians 4:25 - her

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And shall lay thee even with the ground,.... Beat down all the houses in it, the stately edifices, and even the temple itself; :-

and thy children within thee; that is, the inhabitants of the place should be slain with the sword of the enemy, and so fall to the ground, and lie upon it;

and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon anther; such a consummate, and entire desolation shall be made, as was foretold by Daniel, Daniel 9:27

because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation; in which the dayspring from on high had visited them with his personal presence, preaching among them, and working miracles; and yet they knew him not, but despised and rejected him; yea, after that they had put him to death, and he was risen again, he ordered his disciples to begin their ministry, and preach the Gospel, at Jerusalem; and they continued for some time only preaching to them, or at least rarely elsewhere, till they put away the Gospel from them. The time of the ministry of John the Baptist, of Christ, and his apostles in Judea, was the time of Jerusalem's visitation in a way of mercy; which not being taken notice of, and observed, brought another kind of visitation upon them, even in a way of wrath and vengeance. The Jews pretend to assign other causes of Jerusalem's destruction; but the true cause was their rejection of Jesus, as the Messiah.

"Says Abai, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they profaned the sabbath, as it is said, Ezekiel 22:26 "and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths", c. Says R. Abhu, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they ceased reading the "Shema (hear, O Israel", &c.) morning and evening, as it is said, Isaiah 5:11 woe to them that rise up early", &c. Says Rab. Hamenuna, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because there ceased in it the children of the school of Rabban, (children were not put to school,) as it is said Jeremiah 6:11 "I will pour it out upon the children", &c. Says Ula, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because there was no shame among them, as it is said, Jeremiah 6:15 "were they ashamed", &c. Says R. Isaac, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because small and great were put upon a level, as it is said, Isaiah 24:2 "as with the people, so with the priest", &c. Says R. Amram, the son of R. Simeon bar Aba, R. Chanina said, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they did not reprove one another, as it is said, Lamentations 1:6 "her princes are become like harts", &c. Says R. Judah, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they despised the disciples of the wise men, as it is said 2 Chronicles 36:16 but they mocked the messengers of God", &c. u.''

Thus they shifted off the true cause of their ruin, and ascribed it to other things.

u T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 119. 2.

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 44. The time of thy visitation. — That is, the time of God's gracious offers of mercy to thee. This took in all the time which elapsed from the preaching of John the Baptist to the coming of the Roman armies, which included a period of above forty years.