The Awful Horror^(A)

^15 (B)“You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ of which the prophet Daniel spoke. It will be standing in the holy place.” (Note to the reader: understand what this means!) ¹⁶ “Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills. ^17 (C)Someone who is on the roof of a house must not take the time to go down and get any belongings from the house. ¹⁸ Someone who is in the field must not go back to get a cloak. ¹⁹ How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies! ²⁰ Pray to God that you will not have to run away during the winter or on a Sabbath! ^21 (D)For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again. ²² But God has already reduced the number of days; had he not done so, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, God will reduce the days.

²³ “Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’—do not believe it. ²⁴ For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible. ²⁵ Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.

^26 (E)“Or, if people should tell you, ‘Look, he is out in the desert!’—don't go there; or if they say, ‘Look, he is hiding here!’—don't believe it. ²⁷ For the Son of Man will come like the lightning which flashes across the whole sky from the east to the west.

^28 (F)“Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather.

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem^(A)

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed. ²¹ Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills; those who are in the city must leave, and those who are out in the country must not go into the city. ^22 (B)For those will be ‘The Days of Punishment,’ to make come true all that the Scriptures say. ²³ How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies! Terrible distress will come upon this land, and God's punishment will fall on this people. ²⁴ Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.