his word & Testimony & finally put him to death
on the cross with many who followed him. But
this did not hender the fulfillment of the words
of Jesus Christ concerning that nation the words of
the Lord had gone out of his mouth & could not
return unto him void, the things that belonged to
their Peace were hid from their ^eyes^. they were count
ed unworthy as a nation. The kingdom was to be rent
out of their hands & given to annother, the die was
cast & Judgment must come. The city was soon
surrounded by the roman army led on by the
inspired Titus, & a scene of calamity, judgment & woe
immediately overspread the inhaditants of that city
which was devoted to destruction, such a calamity
as never before had rested upon the nation of Israel
Blood flowed through their streets tens of thousands
fell by the edge of the sword, & thousands by famine
women were evil towards the children of their
own bosom in the straitness of the seige the scen-
ery of which shocked the roman soldiers as they
entered the city. The Jews were crucified in
such numbers by their enemies, that they coul[d] find
no more wood for crosses or room for their bodies
in their midst, & while dispair was in evry face
& evry heart sinking, while suffering under the
chastning hand of God their enemies rushed upon
them in the city to strike the last fatal blow & as
their last resort they rushed in to the Temple for
safety which was soon on fire & they sunk in the
midst of the flames with the cry of their suffering,
assending on high accompanied by the smoke of her
crackling spires & the remaining miserable few were
sold as slaves & driven like the dumb ass before his
burthen & scattered as corn is sifted in a sive through-
out the gentile nations world. Jerrusalem was raised
from its foundations & the Temple thrown down
& the foundation thereof plowed up that not
his word & Testimony & finally put him to death
on the cross with many who followed him. But
this did not hender the fulfillment of the words
of Jesus Christ concerning that nation, the words of
the Lord had gone out of his mouth & could not
return unto him void, the things that belonged to
their Peace were hid from their eyes. they were count
ed unworthy as a nation. The kingdom was to be rent
out of their hands & given to annother, the die was
Cast & Judgment must come. The city was soon
surrounded by the roman army led on by the
inspired Titus, & a scene of calamity judgment & woe
immediately overspread the inhaditants of that city
which was devoted to destruction, such a calamity
as never before had rested upon the nation of Israel
Blood flowed through their streets tens of thousands
fell by the edge of the sword, & thousands by famine
women were evil towards the children of their
own bosom in the straitness of the seige the seenery of which shocked the roman soldiers as they
entered the city. The Jews were crucified in
such numbers by their enemies, that they could find
no more wood for crosses or room for their bodies
in their midst, & while dispair was in evry face
& evry heart sinking, while suffering under the
chastning hand of God their enemies rushed upon
them in the city to strike the last fatal blow & as
their last resort they rushed in to the Temple for
safety which was soon on fire & they sunk in the
midst of the flames with the cry of their suffering,
assending on high accompanied by the smoke of her
crackling spires & the remaining miserable few were
sold as slaves & driven like the dumb ass before his
burthen & scattered as corn is sifted in a sive throughout the gentile world. Jerrusalem was raised
from its foundations & the Temple thrown down
& the foundation thereof plowed up that not
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," September 10, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/3DQ