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Luke 23:30
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Then
“ ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’
[a]
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Luke 23:30 in Other Translations
KJV
30
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
ESV
30
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
NLT
30
People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’
MSG
30
Then they'll start calling to the mountains, 'Fall down on us!' calling to the hills, 'Cover us up!'
CSB
30
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'
Luke 23:30 In-Context
28
Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
29
For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
30
Then “ ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’
31
For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32
Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
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Isaiah 2:19
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Hosea 10:8
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Revelation 6:16
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Hosea 10:8
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