Luke 23:30

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

Noyes Bible

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 lo! the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave nourishment.

31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?

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Cross References

Hosea 10:8The high places 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!

Revelation 9:6And in those days men will seek death, and shall not find it; and 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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