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Luke 23:30

Judgment

28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29 Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

31 For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
KJV
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
WEB
Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
ASV
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
DARBY
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:
BLB
Then ‘they will begin to say to the mountains, “Fall upon us,” and to the hills, “Cover us.”’
ÅB
Da skal de begynne å si til fjellene: Fall over oss! og til haugene: Skjul oss!
OTB
Da skal de si til fjellene: ‘Fall over oss!’ og til haugene: ‘Skjul oss!’
B1930
Da skal de begynne å si til fjellene: Fall over oss! og til haugene: Skjul oss!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 6:16

    And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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  • Hosea 10:8

    The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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  • Isaiah 2:19

    Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

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  • Revelation 9:6

    In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

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