Luke 21:20

American Standard Version (1901)

But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 19:43 : 43 For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
  • Dan 9:27 : 27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations [shall come] one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out upon the desolate.
  • Matt 24:15 : 15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
  • Mark 13:14 : 14 But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
  • Luke 21:7 : 7 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 21:21-25
    5 verses
    84%

    21Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein.

    22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

    24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

    25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

  • Mark 13:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

    15and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

  • Luke 21:27-32
    6 verses
    79%

    27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

    28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

    29And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:

    30when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh.

    31Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.

    32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

  • Luke 19:43-44
    2 verses
    79%

    43For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

    44and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Matt 24:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

    16then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

  • Luke 21:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

    7And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

  • Mark 13:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

  • Luke 21:9-12
    4 verses
    74%

    9And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.

    10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

    11and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • Luke 21:19
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    19In your patience ye shall win your souls.

  • Zech 14:1-2
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    73%

    1Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

    2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  • Matt 24:2
    73%

    2But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Matt 23:38
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    38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Zech 12:2
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    2behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • Luke 13:35
    73%

    35Behold, your house is left unto you [desolate] : and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • Luke 19:41
    72%

    41And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

  • Luke 21:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

    36But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Ezek 12:20
    72%

    20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

  • Matt 10:23
    72%

    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Mark 13:2
    72%

    2And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

  • Isa 24:12
    71%

    12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

  • Zech 12:9
    71%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 21:22
    71%

    22In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

  • Jer 4:16
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    16make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

  • Ezek 21:2
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    2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

  • Zech 14:12
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    12And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

  • Mark 13:7
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    7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: [these things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

  • Mark 13:17
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    17But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

  • Jer 6:8
    70%

    8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.