Luke 23:28-31

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, 1the days are coming when they will say, 2'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'
30 3Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
31 For 4if they do these things when 5the wood is green, what will happen 6when it is dry?"

Cross References 6

  • 1. See Luke 17:22
  • 2. Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17
  • 3. Hosea 10:8; Revelation 6:16; [Isaiah 2:19]
  • 4. [Proverbs 11:31; 1 Peter 4:17]
  • 5. Ezekiel 20:47
  • 6. Ezekiel 20:47
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