Gen 44:34, 1Sa 30:3-4, Jer 4:19-21, 14:18, Luk 19:41-44 | ESV | STEP | For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father .

Genesis 44:34

34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”

1 Samuel 30:3-4

3 And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.

Jeremiah 4:19-21

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 ^aMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
20 ^bCrash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
^cSuddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.
21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 14:18

18 ^dIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^eAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^fFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”

Luke 19:41-44

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 ^gAnd when he drew near and saw the city, ^hhe wept over it, 42 saying, ⁱ“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^jthey are hidden from your eyes. 43 For ^kthe days will come upon you, when your enemies ^lwill set up a barricade around you and ^msurround you and hem you in on every side 44 ⁿand tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And ^othey will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know ^pthe time of your ^qvisitation.”