Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing!

Matthew 23:37-39

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Deuteronomy 32:11-12


“As an eagle that protects its nest,
That flutters over its young,
He spread out His wings and took them,
He carried them on His pinions.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord repay you for your kindness, and may your reward be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Luke 19:41-42

As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],

Luke 19:44

and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”

Luke 23:28

But Jesus, turning toward them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear [and worship Me with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and keep all My commandments always, so that it may go well with them and with their children forever!

Deuteronomy 32:29


“O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they could discern their future and ultimate fate!

2 Chronicles 24:21-22

So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

Nehemiah 9:26


“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:30


“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would not listen.
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.

Psalm 17:8


Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye;
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings

Psalm 36:7


How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 57:1

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

Psalm 81:10-11


“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:13


“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Psalm 91:4


He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Psalm 149:2


Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let Zion’s children rejoice in their King.

Proverbs 1:24-30


“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];

Isaiah 30:15

For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel has said this,

“In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved,
In quietness and confident trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

Isaiah 48:17-19

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.

Isaiah 50:2


“Why, when I came, was there no man [to greet Me]?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand really so short that it cannot redeem [My servants]?
Or have I no power to rescue?
Listen carefully, with My rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers into a desert;
Their fish stink because there is no water
And die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30


“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];
They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].
Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 6:16


Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is; then walk in it,
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Jeremiah 7:23-24

But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’

Jeremiah 26:23

And they brought Uriah [God’s spokesman] from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with a sword and threw his dead body among the graves of the common people.

Jeremiah 35:14

“The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine has been observed [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they do not drink wine, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have repeatedly spoken to you, yet you have not listened to Me.

Jeremiah 44:4-6

Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”

Lamentations 1:16


“I weep for these things;
My eyes overflow with tears,
Because a comforter,
One who could restore my soul, is far away from me.
My children are desolate and perishing,
For the enemy has prevailed.”

Lamentations 4:13


Because of the sins of her [counterfeit] prophets
And the wickedness of her [unfaithful] priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the just and righteous;

Hosea 11:2


The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience],
The more they went away from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to the carved images.

Hosea 11:7


My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

Joel 2:23


So rejoice, O children of Zion,
And delight in the Lord, your God;
For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication
And He has poured down the rain for you,
The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.

Matthew 21:35-36

But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 22:3

And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

Matthew 22:6

The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

Luke 15:28

But the elder brother became angry and deeply resentful and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Acts 3:14-15

But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

Acts 7:52

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

Acts 7:59

They continued stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!”

Acts 8:1

Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen’s death.

And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

Galatians 4:25-26

Now Hagar is (represents) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

Revelation 11:8

And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street of the great city (Jerusalem), which in a spiritual sense is called [by the symbolic and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Jerusalem

Luke 19:41
As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Killest

2 Chronicles 24:21
So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:15
The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
Nehemiah 9:26

“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];
They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].
Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 26:23
And they brought Uriah [God’s spokesman] from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with a sword and threw his dead body among the graves of the common people.
Lamentations 4:13

Because of the sins of her [counterfeit] prophets
And the wickedness of her [unfaithful] priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the just and righteous;
Matthew 21:35
But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 22:6
The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
Acts 8:1
Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen’s death.

And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street of the great city (Jerusalem), which in a spiritual sense is called [by the symbolic and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

How

Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear [and worship Me with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] and keep all My commandments always, so that it may go well with them and with their children forever!
Deuteronomy 32:29

“O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they could discern their future and ultimate fate!
Psalm 81:10

“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Isaiah 48:17
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.
Isaiah 50:2

“Why, when I came, was there no man [to greet Me]?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand really so short that it cannot redeem [My servants]?
Or have I no power to rescue?
Listen carefully, with My rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers into a desert;
Their fish stink because there is no water
And die of thirst.

Thy

Luke 19:44
and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”
Luke 23:28
But Jesus, turning toward them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let Zion’s children rejoice in their King.
Lamentations 1:16

“I weep for these things;
My eyes overflow with tears,
Because a comforter,
One who could restore my soul, is far away from me.
My children are desolate and perishing,
For the enemy has prevailed.”
Joel 2:23

So rejoice, O children of Zion,
And delight in the Lord, your God;
For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication
And He has poured down the rain for you,
The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before.
Galatians 4:25
Now Hagar is (represents) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

And ye

Luke 15:28
But the elder brother became angry and deeply resentful and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.
Nehemiah 9:30

“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would not listen.
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
Psalm 81:11

“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
Proverbs 1:24

“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
Isaiah 30:15
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel has said this,

“In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved,
In quietness and confident trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is; then walk in it,
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Jeremiah 7:23
But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’
Jeremiah 35:14
“The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine has been observed [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they do not drink wine, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have repeatedly spoken to you, yet you have not listened to Me.
Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”
Hosea 11:2

The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience],
The more they went away from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to the carved images.
Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Matthew 22:3
And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.
Acts 3:14
But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

General references

Matthew 21:35
But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
he also added this to them all: he locked up John in prison.
John 7:34
You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”