Lament over Jerusalem

(Matthew 23:37–39)

31 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to [Jesus] [and] told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

32 But [Jesus] replied “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing [people] today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will reach My goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next [day], for it is not admissible [for] a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children {together} as a hen [gathers] her chicks under [her] wings, but you were unwilling! 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate And I tell you [that] you will not see Me {again} until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in [the] name of [the] Lord.’[fn]”