That will be the time when Hosea 10:8 is fulfilled. Jerusalem’s citizens, particularly its women, will seek refuge. Even the refuge of death caused by a mountain toppling on them would be better than facing the Roman armies as they destroy Jerusalem. Jesus closed his speech to the women with a proverb whose meaning is highly debated. It is a comparison between a lesser and a greater evil, but who causes the evil and exactly what is the evil? The image is of a green tree and its lumber that is hard
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