Luke 23:30
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us; and to the hills: Cover us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
In Context
31For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?
Cross References
Hosea 10:8And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.
Revelation 9:6And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32
The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →