Luke 23:30

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ¹  ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ² 

biblegateway Luk 23:30

Then "‘they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills "Cover us!"’

biblegateway Luk 23:30

"Then they will begin TO SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, ‘FALL ON US,’ AND TO THE HILLS, ‘COVER US.’

biblegateway Luk 23:30

People will beg the mountains to fall on them and the hills to bury them.

biblegateway Luk 23:30

Then they'll start calling to the mountains, 'Fall down on us!' calling to the hills, 'Cover us up!'

SABDAweb Luk 23:30

And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.

bibleoremus Luk 23:30

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

biblegateway Luk 23:30

"Then they will begin ‘to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"’

biblegateway Luk 23:30

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ¹  ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ² 

¹ sn The figure of crying out to the mountains ‘Fall on us!’ (appealing to creation itself to hide them from God’s wrath), means that a time will come when people will feel they are better off dead (Hos 10:8).

² sn An allusion to Hos 10:8 (cf. Rev 6:16).