They will smash you to the ground

Arriving at the spot where he has a beautiful sight of the city of Jerusalem, Jesus cries instead of rejoicing.

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He laments over the destruction of the city, for not recognizing the time of his visitation.

His presence there is his visitation. He is there to announce the good news of salvation, but the residents would not listen. Instead, they will kill him, as he predicted three times. He also predicts that the city will severely be punished.

Historically, it happened in AD 70 when the Romans besieged the city and destroyed the Temple for harboring the rebels. There was no way to rebuild it and to return to its pristine beauty. In Hebrew, the word "visitation" is paqad.

When God visits his people or some individuals, it is either to announce that something good will happen, like in the case of Sarah, who was soon to conceive a son, or to announce destruction, like God visiting the iniquities... up to the fourth generation (Ex 34:7).