Matthew 23:37

The Lament Over Jerusalem

³⁶ I assure you: All these things will come on this generation! ³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing! ³⁸ See, your house is left to you desolate.

As a Hen Gathers Her Brood

As a Hen Gathers Her Chicks

Gathers Her Brood

Gathers Her Chicks

Hen

Jerusalem

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

Matthew 5:12

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Deuteronomy 32:11-12

He watches over His nest like an eagle
and hovers over His young;
He spreads His wings, catches him,
and lifts him up on His pinions.

2 Chronicles 24:21-22

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

Psalm 17:8

Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;
hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 36:7

God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 57:1

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

Psalm 63:7

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 81:8-11

Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

Proverbs 1:24-31

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?

Jeremiah 6:8

Be warned, Jerusalem,
or I will turn away from you;
I will make you a desolation,
a land without inhabitants.

Jeremiah 6:16-17

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

Jeremiah 11:7-8

For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again, ‘Obey My voice.’

Jeremiah 25:3-7

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day—23 years—the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed.

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.

Jeremiah 35:15

Time and time again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: Turn, each one from his evil way of life, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not pay attention or obey Me.

Jeremiah 42:9-13

He said to them, “This is what the Lord says, the God of Israel to whom you sent me to bring your petition before Him:

Jeremiah 44:4

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.

Hosea 11:2

The more they called them,
the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Matthew 21:35-36

But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 22:3

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

Matthew 22:6

And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.

Matthew 23:30

and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

Mark 12:3-6

But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 13:34-35

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Luke 14:17-20

At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

Luke 15:28

“Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

Luke 19:14-44

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

Luke 20:11-14

He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

Acts 7:51-52

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Revelation 11:7-8

When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.