Luke 23:30

Then they shall begin to say to (the) mountains, Fall ye down on us, and to (the) small hills, Cover ye us.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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! days shall come, in which it shall be said, Blessed be barren women, and [the] wombs that have not born children, and the teats that have not given suck (or and the breasts that have not been suckled).

31For if in a green tree they do these things [or For if they do these things in a green tree], what shall be done in a dry (one)? (For if they do these things when the tree is green, what shall they do when it is dry?)

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Cross References

Hosea 10:8And the high things of idol, the sin of Israel, shall be lost. A clote and a briar shall ascend on the altars of them, (or And the high places, that is, the hill shrines, of Aven, or of Bethaven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorns and briars, or nettles, shall grow upon their altars). And they shall say to mountains, Cover ye us, and to little hills, Fall ye down on us.

Revelation 9:6And in those days men shall seek death, and they shall not find it; and they shall desire to die, and death shall 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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