Luke 19:43

⁴¹ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

⁴² Saying, 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.

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,

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.

⁴⁵ And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
KJV: 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,
WEB: For the days will come on you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
ASV: For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
DARBY: for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,
BLB: For the days will come upon you, and your enemies will cast around you a barricade, and they will surround you and will hem you in on every side.

ÅB: For de dager skal komme over deg da dine fiender skal kaste en voll opp om deg og kringsette deg og trenge deg fra alle sider,
OTB: Det skal komme dager over deg da dine fiender skal bygge en voll mot deg og omringe deg og trenge deg fra alle kanter.
B1930: For de dager skal komme over dig da dine fiender skal kaste en voll op om dig og kringsette dig og trenge dig fra alle sider,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 21:20–24
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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Isaiah 29:1–4
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
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Ezekiel 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
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Ezekiel 26:8
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
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Jeremiah 6:3–6
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
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Isaiah 37:33
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
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Matthew 23:37–39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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Deuteronomy 28:49–58
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
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