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Luke 19:43 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 43
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,Luke 19:43 · King James Version
Luke 19:43 in context
41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44And 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.
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- compassperikykloōto encircle, compass about, of a cityG4033 →
- trenchcharaxa pale or stake, a palisade, a palisade or rampart, pales between which earth, stones…G5482 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
- dayshēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
- comehēkōto have come, have arrived, be present, metaph., to come to oneG2240 →
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The great Ambassador from heaven is here making his public entry into Jerusalem, not to be respected there, but to be rejected; he knew what a nest of vipers he was throwing himself into, and yet see here two instances of his love to that place and his concern for it. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-48