Revelation 6:16
And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Because the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?
Cross References
Psalms 14:5There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 110:5LORD at thy right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.
Matthew 26:64Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power
Revelation 4:5And out of the throne proceeds lightnings and voices and thunders. And seven lamps of fire burned before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:10-17
The Opening of the Seals. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their… Read the whole commentary →