Luke 13:34

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Luke 13:34

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Summary

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Jerusalem

Luke 19:41

Matthew 23:37

Killest

How

Isaiah 50:2

Thy

And ye

General references

Matthew 21:35

Luke 3:20

John 7:34

Bible References

Jerusalem

As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it,

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

Killest

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.

מ MemYet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the guilt of her priests,
who shed the blood of the righteous
within her.

But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.

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

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

Their dead bodies

will lie in the public square of the great city, which prophetically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

How

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commands always, so that they and their children will prosper forever.

If only they were wise, they would figure it out;
they would understand their fate.

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

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

I am Yahweh your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.

Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

Thy

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

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

Let Israel celebrate its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

ע AyinI weep because of these things;
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad
in the Lord your God,
because He gives you the autumn rain
for your vindication.

He sends showers for you,
both autumn and spring rain as before.

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

And ye

“Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

You were patient with them for many years,
and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets,
but they would not listen.
Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“You will be delivered by returning and resting;
your strength will lie in quiet confidence.
But you are not willing.”

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.

“The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk to this very day because they have obeyed their ancestor’s command. But I have spoken to you time and time again,

and you have not obeyed Me!

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.

The more they called them,

the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.

General references

But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

added this to everything else—he locked John up in prison.

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”