Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
(A)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”

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34 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!

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

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35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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35 See! (A)Your house is left to you desolate; and [a]assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, (B)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:35 NU, M omit assuredly