43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
43 In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side.
43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,
43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 19:43
Commentary on Luke 19:41-48
(Read Luke 19:41-48)
Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he executed awful vengeance upon it. Though he delights not in the death of a sinner, yet he will surely bring to pass his awful threatenings on those who neglect his salvation. The Son of God did not weep vain and causeless tears, nor for a light matter, nor for himself. He knows the value of souls, the weight of guilt, and how low it will press and sink mankind. May he then come and cleanse our hearts by his Spirit, from all that defiles. May sinners, on every side, become attentive to the words of truth and salvation.