Luke 21:23 meaning and explanation

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

Luke 21:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking on the Mount of Olives to His disciples about the coming destruction of Jerusalem, answering their question about when the temple will fall. Verse 23 sits inside that forecast: armies will surround the city, and the suffering will fall hardest on pregnant and nursing mothers, who cannot flee easily.

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