Luke 23:30

then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us;

Literal Standard Version

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

29for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck;

31for if they do these things in the green tree, what may happen in the dry?”

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Cross References

Hosea 10:8And high places of Aven have been destroyed, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, || And they have said to hills, Cover us, || And to heights, Fall on us.

Revelation 9:6and in those days men will seek death and they will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death will flee 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 →

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