Luke 13:34

Good News Translation

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,

Nehemiah 9:30

Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.

Psalm 149:2

Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!

Psalm 17:8

Protect me as you would your very eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings

Psalm 36:7

How precious, O God, is your constant love! We find protection under the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.

Psalm 81:13

How I wish my people would listen to me; how I wish they would obey me!

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

Isaiah 30:15

The Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says to the people, “Come back and quietly trust in me. Then you will be strong and secure.” But you refuse to do it.

Isaiah 50:2

“Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water.

Jeremiah 2:30

I punished you, but it did no good; you would not let me correct you. Like a raging lion, you have murdered your prophets.

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought him back to King Jehoiakim, who had him killed and his body thrown into the public burial ground.)

Jeremiah 35:14

Jonadab's descendants have obeyed his command not to drink wine, and to this very day none of them drink any. But I have kept on speaking to you, and you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 35:17

So now, I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, will bring on you people of Judah and of Jerusalem all the destruction that I promised. I will do this because you would not listen when I spoke to you, and you would not answer when I called you.”

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people, “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is. Walk in it, and you will live in peace.” But they said, “No, we will not!”

Lamentations 1:16

“That is why my eyes are overflowing with tears. No one can comfort me; no one can give me courage. The enemy has conquered me; my people have nothing left.

Lamentations 4:13

But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. My people sacrificed to Baal; they burned incense to idols.

Hosea 11:7

They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.

Joel 2:23

“Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the Lord your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.

Matthew 22:6

while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

Luke 15:28

The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.

Luke 19:44

They will completely destroy you and the people within your walls; not a single stone will they leave in its place, because you did not recognize the time when God came to save you!”

Luke 23:28

Jesus turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem! Don't cry for me, but for yourselves and your children.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Acts 7:59

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Acts 8:1

And Saul approved of his murder. That very day the church in Jerusalem began to suffer cruel persecution. All the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.

Deuteronomy 32:29

They fail to see why they were defeated; they cannot understand what happened.

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they would always feel this way! If only they would always honor me and obey all my commands, so that everything would go well with them and their descendants forever.

Revelation 11:8

and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!”