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Luke 19:43

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19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build120 an embankment121 against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

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Footnotes

  1. 120 Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. The details of the siege have led some to see Luke writing this after Jerusalem’s fall, but the language of the verse is like God’s exilic judgment for covenant unfaithfulness (Hab 2:8; Jer 6:6, 14; 8:13–22; 9:1; Ezek 4:2; 26:8; Isa 29:1–4). Specific details are lacking and the procedures described (build an embankment against you) were standard Roman military tactics.
  2. 121 An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build a barricade around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

NLTNew Living Translation

Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

KJV 1900King James Version

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,