Luke 19:43

43 But days shall come in thee, and thine enemies shall environ thee with a pale, and they shall go about thee, and make thee strait on all sides. [+For days shall come to thee, and thine enemies shall environ thee in a valley with pale, and shall environ thee, and make thee strait on all sides;]

Luke 19:43 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:43

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 ^F20 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 8.

Luke 19:43 In-Context

41 And when he approached, he saw the city, and wept on it, [And when he nighed, he seeing the city, wept upon it,]

42 and said, For if thou haddest known, thou shouldest weep also; for in this day the things be in peace to thee, but now they be hid from thine eyes. [saying, For if thou haddest known, and thou, and soothly in this thy day, the which is to peace to thee; but now they be hid from thine eyes.]

43 But days shall come in thee, and thine enemies shall environ thee with a pale, and they shall go about thee, and make thee strait on all sides. [+For days shall come to thee, and thine enemies shall environ thee in a valley with pale, and shall environ thee, and make thee strait on all sides;]

44 and [they shall] cast thee down to the earth, and thy sons that be in thee [and thy children that be in thee]; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, for thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

45 And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out men selling therein and buying,