Luke 23:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 2:19 : 19 And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
  • Hos 10:8 : 8 And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.
  • Rev 6:16 : 16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
  • Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight from them.

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  • Rev 6:14-17
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    14 And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

    15 And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

    16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?

  • 8 And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.

  • 29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

  • 31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

  • 16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

  • 6 They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

  • 30 And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

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    21 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

    22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

    23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

  • 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • 19 And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Ezek 7:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16 And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.

    17 All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

    18 And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

  • 25 And there will be rivers and streams of water on every tall mountain and on every high hill, in the day when great numbers are put to the sword, when the towers come down.

  • 8 They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

  • 19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

  • 40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

  • 17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

  • 4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

  • 14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

  • 12 For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

  • 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.

  • Isa 24:17-18
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    17 Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

    18 And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

  • 22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • 10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

  • 19 And they will come, covering all the waste valleys, and the holes of the rocks, and the thorns, and all the watering-places.

  • 20 And every island went in flight, and the mountains were seen no longer.

  • 4 Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

  • 12 Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;

  • 10 Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

  • 18 Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.

  • 36 Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

  • 34 Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

  • 18 Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.

  • 29 For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

  • 3 Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.

  • 20 So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.

  • 23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

  • 30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

  • 30 If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • 30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • 35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

  • 15 Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue: