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727 B
Markdown
29 lines
727 B
Markdown
# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus finishes speaking to the crowd.
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# For see
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This introduces the reason why the women of Jerusalem should weep for themselves.
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# the days are coming
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"there will soon be a time"
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# in which they will say
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"when people will say"
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# the barren
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"women who have not given birth to children"
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# the wombs that did not bear ... the breasts that did not nurse
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These clauses are used to more fully describe "the barren." Those women neither gave birth nor nursed children. It may be helpful to combine these together with "the barren." AT: "the women who have never given birth to children or nursed babies"
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# they
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This can refer to either the Romans or the Jewish leaders, or no one in particular.
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