Before in his ministry, Jesus wept more than Jerusalem: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who destroy the prophets and stone All those despatched to you” (Matthew 23:37). The earthly city plus the old covenant had become a program of legalism, unbelief, and condemnation rather than a place entirely devoted to God.  https://richardfrench.net/what-is-the-new-jerusalem-heaven-on-earth-in-revelation-21-22/