Matthew 23:37-39
37‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children
together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38See, your house is left to you, desolate. 39For I tell you, you
will not see me again until you say, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.” ’
Well, Jerusalem — we all have heard that city name before, it was the capital of David’s kingdom and was where Jesus went for the festival of the Passover. In this passage Jesus is talking about how he is weeping over Jerusalem, depicting it with a motherly image — even though Jerusalem refuses him. I think that he is weeping over Jerusalem because maybe they just lost sight of what is really important, very much like today in most societies. Also, he is trying to help them find their way back, but they are being stubborn goats and not allowing him to do so.
In verses 38-39, I think what he is trying to say is that he left the temple to them, but they abandoned it because they were hopeless. Also, that he will not come back or appear again until they will say once again ‘Dear Lord, we praise you, we lift you up’.
Brittany Mata
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