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Luke Chapter 23 verse 30 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 23:30

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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BBE Luke 23:30

And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.
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DARBY Luke 23:30

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:
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KJV Luke 23:30

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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WBT Luke 23:30

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WEB Luke 23:30

Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'
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YLT Luke 23:30

then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; --
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) Then shall they begin to say to the mountains.--The imagery was natural in a limestone country such as Judaea, 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 (Isaiah 2:19) would prove insufficient, and men would cry, as they had done of old (comp. Hosea 10:8, from which the words are quoted), to the mountains to fall on them.