Jerusalem: Destruction of, Foretold by Jesus

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. …

Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: …

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it …

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. …