Luke 23:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

At that time everyone will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” They will say to the hills, “Hide us!”

Cross References

Isaiah 2:19

You had better hide in caves and holes— the LORD will be fearsome, marvellous, and glorious when he comes to terrify people on earth.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day everyone will throw to the rats and bats their idols of silver and gold they made to worship.

Hosea 10:8

The altars at sinful Bethel will be destroyed for causing Israel to sin; they will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. Then everyone will beg the mountains and hills to cover and protect them.

Luke 23:31

If this can happen when the wood is green, what do you think will happen when it is dry?

Revelation 6:16

Then they shouted to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us! Hide us from the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb.

Revelation 9:6

In those days people will want to die, but they will not be able to. They will hope for death, but it will escape from them.