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Luke 23:30
Luke 23:30 is verse 30 of Luke chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
Hosea 10:8
King James Version
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
World English Bible
Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
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Luke 23:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
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!’
30 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 2:19Men 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.
Hosea 10:8The 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!”
Revelation 6:16And 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.
Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.