Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Gill's Exposition
And shall lay thee even with the ground,.... Beat down all the houses in it, the stately edifices, and even the temple itself; See Gill on Mat 24:2.
and thy children within thee; that is, the…
He wept over it - Showing his compassion for the guilty city, and his strong sense of the evils that were about to come upon it. See the notes at Mat 23:37-39. As he entered the city he passed over…
Adam Clarke
The things which belong unto thy peace! - It is very likely that our Lord here alludes to the meaning of the word Jerusalem, ירושלים from ירה yereh, he shall see, and שלום shalom, peace or prosperity.…
The great Ambassador from heaven is here making his public entry into Jerusalem, not to be respected there, but to be rejected; he knew what a nest of vipers he was throwing himself into, and yet see…
Cambridge Bible
at least in this thy day Isa 55:6; 2Co 6:2.
which belong unto thy peace Perhaps with a paronomasiaon the name of Salem or-Peace," and on the soundthough not the derivation of Jerusalem (Yeroo…
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