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- Our Lord here refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the final desolation of the Jewish state; an evil associated with so many miseries, that sterility, which had otherwise been considered an opprobrium, was accounted a circumstance most felicitous. No history can furnish us with a parallel to the calamities and miseries of the Jews; rapine and murder, famine and pestilence, within; fire and sword, and all the terrors of war, without. Our Saviour himself wept at the foresight of these calamities; and it is almost impossible for persons of any humanity to read the relation of them in Josephus without weeping also. He might justly affirm, "if the misfortunes of all, from the beginning of the world, were compared with those of the Jews, they would appear much inferior in the comparison." "Butª woeª unto² them that are with child,ªª°¹ andª to them that give suck,ª° inª thoseª days!ª forª there shall beª° greatª distressª inª the¹ land,ª andª wrathª uponª thisª people.ª ... Andª they shall fallª° by the edgeª of the sword,ª andª shall be led away captiveª° intoª allª nations:ª andª Jerusalemª shall beª° trodden downª° ofª the Gentiles,ª untilª the timesª of the Gentilesª be fulfilled.ª°" {Lke 21:23-24} + "Andª woeª unto them that are²° with² child,ª¹¹ andª to them that give suckª° inª thoseª days!ª" {Mtt 24:19} + "Butª woeª to them that are²° with² child,ª¹¹ andª to them that give suckª° inª thoseª days!ª ... Forª [in] thoseª daysª shall beª° affliction,ª such² asª wasª° notª¹ fromª the beginningª of the creationª whichª Godª createdª° untoª this time,ª¹ neitherª² shall be.ª°" {Mrk 13:17-19}
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