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— D.L. Moody
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
Matthew 23:37 — KJV
O Jerusalem. Compare Luke 13:34. In Jerusalem centered all the hopes of Israel as a nation. The city was the symbol of national strength and pride. For the role of Jerusalem in God’s plan see Vol. IV, pp. 26-30.
Killest the prophets. See on v. 34.
Would I have gathered. Literally, “did I desire to gather.” No more poignant or tender expression of solicitude ever came from the lips of Jesus. With the same tender yearning Heaven looks upon all the lost (see on Luke 15:7). The time was at hand when God must reject the Jews as His chosen people (see Matt. 23:38), yet how reluctantly Heaven abandoned them to their own perverse way and to their tragic fate! For other statements of Scripture expressing the mercy and long-suffering the God exercised toward unrepentant sinners see Eze. 18:23, 31, 32; 33:11; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9.
Her chickens. Or, “her young.”
Ye would not. It was their own choice that determined their destiny (see on Dan. 4:17; see Vol. IV, pp. 32, 33; 5T 120). No sinner will be lost because of inadequate provision on the part of Heaven. Compare Joshua 24:15; Isa. 55:1; Rev. 22:17.
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