Luke 23:27-31

The Crucifixion

27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were j mourning and lamenting for him. 28 But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, k the days are coming when they will say, l 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' 30 m Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' 31 For n if they do these things when o the wood is green, what will happen o when it is dry?"

  1. Cross References
    Luke 8:52
    And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.
    Matthew 11:17
    "'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
  2. Cross References
    Luke 17:22
    And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 21:23
    Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people.
    Matthew 24:19
    And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
    Mark 13:17
    And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 10:8
    The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall on us.
    Revelation 6:16
    Calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
    Isaiah 2:19
    And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 11:31
    If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
    1 Peter 4:17
    For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:47
    Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord : Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:47
    Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord : Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
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