Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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!

General references

Bible References

Jerusalem

Luke 19:41
As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it,
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

Killest

Matthew 21:35
But the tenants took his slaves and beat the first one, killed the second, and stoned the third.
Matthew 22:6
and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your forefathers fail to persecute? They killed the prophets who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered Him,
Acts 8:1
Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.
Revelation 11:8
and their lifeless bodies will lie on the streets of the great city that is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified.

Thy

Luke 19:44
and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know when God visited you."
Luke 23:28
But Jesus turned to the women and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop weeping for me, but continue to weep for yourselves and for your children.
Galatians 4:25
that is, Hagar (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children.

And ye

Luke 15:28
So he became angry and would not go into the house. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.
Matthew 22:3
And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.
Acts 3:14
Yes, you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked a murderer to be pardoned as a favor to you,

General references

Matthew 21:35
But the tenants took his slaves and beat the first one, killed the second, and stoned the third.
Luke 3:20
added this on top of it all, that he put John in prison.
John 7:34
You will then look for me, but you will not find me, and you cannot come where I am going."