Matthew 23:37-38

Lament over Jerusalem

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.

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.