Lament over Jerusalem

Matthew 23

37 k "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that l kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have m gathered n your children together o as a hen gathers her brood p under her wings, and q you would not! 38 See, r your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, s 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 23:37 - 39
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
    Luke 13:34 - 35
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
    Luke 19:41 - 44
    And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 21:35
    And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 147:2
    The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
    Proverbs 1:24
    Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 23:28
    But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:11 - 12
    Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.
  6. Cross References
    Ruth 2:12
    The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!
  7. Cross References
    John 5:40
    Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 23:37 - 39
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
    Luke 13:34 - 35
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 64:11
    Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
    Jeremiah 12:7
    I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
    Jeremiah 22:5
    But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 21:9
    And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
    Psalms 118:26
    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 118:26
    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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