²² For those will be days of God’s judgment,^[a] and the words of the ancient Scriptures written by the prophets will be abundantly fulfilled. ²³ Woe to expectant mothers in those days, and those with tiny babies. For there will be great distress upon this nation^[b] and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ They will be brutally killed by enemy weapons, or sent away as exiles and captives to all the nations of the world; and Jerusalem shall be conquered and trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of Gentile triumph ends in God’s good time.