Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
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Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
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Then shall they beginne to saye to the mountaynes fall on vs: and to the hilles cover vs.
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, Couer vs.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Luke 23:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 6:16 They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Hosea 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Isaiah 2:19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Revelation 9:6 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Isa. 2:29; Hos. 10:8; Rev. 6:16
Isa. 2:29; Hos. 10:8; Rev. 6:16
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 30 Then shall they begin to say to the…
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Ver. 30. See Rev 6:16. {See Trapp on "Rev 6:16"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And there were also two other malefactors,.... Not that…
And there were also two other malefactors,.... Not that Christ was one, though indeed he was looked upon and treated as one by the Jews; but as the words may be read, there were also two others that were malefactors; really such, two thieves, who had been guilty of theft and robbery, and were condemned to die: and these were led with him; for the greater ignominy and reproach of Christ, that it might be thought he was equally a malefactor, and as deserving of death as they:
to be put to death; the death of the cross, which was the death the Romans put slaves, thieves, and robbers, and the worst and basest of men to.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Hosea x, 8.
Hosea x, 8.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. Mountains, fall on us] As this refers…
Verse 30. Mountains, fall on us] As this refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, and as the same expressions are used, Re 6:16, Dr. Lightfoot conjectures that the whole of that chapter may relate to the same event.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Luk 23:30-31. Then shall they begin to say to…
Luk 23:30-31. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, &c. — Proverbial expressions, to signify their desire of any shelter or refuge; and so very desirous were they of hiding themselves, that some thousands of them crept even into the common sewers, and there miserably perished, or were dragged out to slaughter. (Bell., Luk 6:9.) For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry — If the Romans are permitted by Heaven to inflict such heavy punishments on me, who am innocent, how dreadful must the vengeance be which they shall inflict on the nation, whose sins cry aloud to heaven, hastening the pace of the divine judgments, and rendering the perpetrators as fit for punishments as dry wood is for burning. The expression is proverbial; and was in frequent use among the Jews, who compared a good man to a green tree, and a bad man to a dead and dry one. It is as if our Lord had said, If a righteous person suffer thus, what will become of the wicked? Of those who are as ready for destruction, as dry wood is for the fire? Compare Eze 20:47, with Eze 21:3, where God’s burning every green and every dry tree is explained to be, his destroying the righteous and the wicked together. See also Psa 1:3, where a good man is compared to a green tree full of leaves: and both Christ and John the Baptist resemble bad men to dry, dead, and barren trees.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain To the mountains, Fall on us ... - This…
To the mountains, Fall on us ... - This is an image of great calamities and judgments. So great will be the calamities that they will seek for shelter from the storm, and will call on the hills to protect them. The same figure is used respecting the wicked in the day of judgment in Rev 6:16-17. Compare also Isa 2:21.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain mountains . . . hills, &c.-- (Hos 10:8), flying…
mountains . . . hills, &c.-- (Hos 10:8), flying hither and thither as they did in despair for shelter, during the siege; a very slight premonition of cries of another and more awful kind (Isa 2:10, Isa 2:19, Isa 2:21; Rev 6:16-17).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 30. To the mountains, Fall on us—Terrible as is…
30. To the mountains, Fall on us—Terrible as is the earthquake which throws mountains and hills upon the inhabitants of the earth, that covering would be a refuge from the more terrible forms of divine wrath.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. to the mountains, Fall on us] Comp. Hos_10:8.…
30. to the mountains, Fall on us] Comp. Hos_10:8. Hundreds of the Jews at the end of the siege hid themselves in subterranean recesses, and no less than 2000 were killed by being buried under the ruins of these hiding-places (Jos. B. J. vi. 9, § 4). We cannot fail to see in these events something of what St John calls “the wrath of the Lamb,” Rev_6:16. Even a terror is entreated as a relief from yet more horrible calamities.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) Then shall they begin to say to the…
(30) Then shall they begin to say to the mountains.—The imagery was natural in a limestone country such as Judæa, subject to earthquakes. Commonly, such catastrophes were dreaded, and men prayed against them. The time was coming when the dens and caves which usually offered a place of refuge from invading armies (Isa_2:19) would prove insufficient, and men would cry, as they had done of old (comp. Hos_10:8, from which the words are quoted), to the mountains to fall on them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,…
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. The allusion, in the first place, was to the awful siege of Jerusalem and to the undreamed-of woes which would accompany it; and in the second place, to the centuries of misery and persecution to which the children of these "daughters of Jerusalem" would, as Jews, be subjected in all lands.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:30 People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us’:…
23:30 People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us’: Death would be better than the extended agony and suffering that Jerusalem would experience.
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