Luke 23:30

At that time people will begin to say to the mountains ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills ‘Cover us.’

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

29A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said — ‘Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!’

31If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

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Cross References

Revelation 9:6In those days men ‘will seek Death and will not find it’; They will long to die, but Death flees 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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