A Connection with Jesus' Jerusalem Lament?

In last week's sermon we looked at the Hebrew word pesach used in Exodus 12 and noted that it did not mean pass over but rather protection or shield.   In order to establish that pesach actually means protection, I referred to two other passages in the Old Testament that used the word pesach.

1 Kings 18:21 uses the word pesach as hover.  The question Elijah asks in this verse is how long will Israel go on hovering between two limbs.  Elijah is picturing Israel as a bird which cannot decide which branch to land on.  Our Bibles try to clean this up a bit by translating limb as opinion.  What I want us to take note of is that bird imagery is used here.

The other verse that uses the word pesach is Isaiah 31:5.  Here pesach is used to describe the Lord's shielding action over Jerusalem.  Again bird imagery is used.  The Lord is pictured as spreading His wings over Jerusalem and protecting the city like a mother bird protects her young.

This leads me (and others) to wonder if there is a connection to Jesus' words in Luke 13.  As Jesus is assaulted by both the Pharisees and Herod, Jesus sees His fate will end the same as many prophets before Him.   In response he utters a lament over Jerusalem knowing that the actions of the leaders of Jerusalem is going to lead to judgment, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!  How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing."

Jesus uses the imagery of a bird protecting her young to describe his willingness to protect Jerusalem from coming judgment.  Once again we see the concept contained in the word pesach. Jesus as the ultimate passover sacrifice is offering Himself as the slaughtered lamb to once again shelter Israel from God's judgment.  This time, Israel has refused to accept God's protection and now they will not be spared from the coming plague.  In fact in a few short years, Jerusalem will be utterly destroyed by the Roman armies.