Matthew 23:37-39
Lament over Jerusalem
37 “(a)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.(A)
38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!(B)
39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”(C)
Footnotes:
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Matthew 23:37: The nation of Israel personified.