Luke 19:43

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹  an embankment ²  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

biblegateway Luk 19:43

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.

biblegateway Luk 19:43

"For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

biblegateway Luk 19:43

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

biblegateway Luk 19:43

In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side.

SABDAweb Luk 19:43

For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

bibleoremus Luk 19:43

Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side.

biblegateway Luk 19:43

"For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,

biblegateway Luk 19:43

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹  an embankment ²  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

¹ sn 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 sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.