Mark 13:14-20

JMNT(i) 14 "Now whenever you folks may see 'the abomination of the desolation' (or: the detestable thing which results in a region becoming uninhabited, lonely and like a desert; or: the loathing and abhorrence which pertains to a wasted condition; [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11]) standing where it is binding not [to stand] (or: where it is not proper; where it must not) – let the one reading continue directing his mind and using his intellect [here] (= figure out what this means) – then let those within the midst of Judea progressively take flight, and continue fleeing into the mountains (or: hill country). 15 "But now for the one upon the housetop: let him not descend (step down), neither let him enter to pick up anything from out of his house. 16 "And for the one [having gone] into the field, let him not return (or: turn back) unto the things [remaining] behind to pick up his cloak (or: outer garment). 17 "Yet woe to (= it will be hard, perhaps even tragic, for) the pregnant women, as well as for those still nursing [babies] in the midst of those days! 18 "So you folks be continuously thinking and praying toward things going well, to the end that your flight (escape) may not occur (happen) in winter (or: in the rainy season), 19 "for those days will continue being pressure (constricted squeezing; tribulation; affliction; oppression) the sort of which, [even] such a kind as this, has not happened (occurred), and could in no way have come to be, from [the] beginning of [the] creation (= the bringing of order from out of chaos) which God framed and founded, until now! [Joel 2:2; Dan. 12:1; Lu. 21:22] 20 "And now – except [the] Lord [= Christ or Yahweh] cuts short (maims; curtails; lops off; discounts) the days – all flesh (= people) will not likely continue being kept safe or rescued. However, because of the chosen ones, whom He Himself picked out, He cuts short (curtails) the days.