Jesus is on his way to the cross. A crowd is following him. Women are weeping. Jesus turns and speaks his final words to the people of Israel. Jesus wants these weeping women to understand that the tragedy of this moment, is not Jesus on his way to the cross, but Israel on its way to unrelenting divine judgement.  They were a people that sinned and would face the unflinching, unrelenting, terrifying justice of God. The truth is that we have all sinned - and we are all responsible. How will we escape the penalty of our sin? The answer is in the cross. The incredible love of Christ, warns the Israelites, that there is still time to repent, and turns and makes his way into the fury of divine judgment that is the cross, to bear the wrath of God for all those who will believe in him.