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Then will they begin to tell the mountains, `Fall on us!` and to the hills, `Cover us.`
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A Prophecy of Jerusalem's Fall
Commentators unanimously identify this as Jesus's prophecy of the horrific destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The suffering during the Roman siege would be so extreme that people would prefer a sudden, crushing death to enduring the agony. This cry is a direct quote from the prophet Hosea (10:8), applied to this future catastrophe.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the mountains, Fall on us, and so on. This is an image of great calamities and judgments. So great will be the calamities that they wil…
19th Century
Anglican
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains.—The imagery was natural in a limestone country such as Judea, subject to earthquakes. Commo…
Baptist
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughte…
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As Jesus heads to Calvary, Luke records an incident that expresses Jesus’ concern for the fate of Jerusalem (cf. 19:41–44; 21:20–24). Jewish women …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then shall they begin to say The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "then shall you begin to say"; the tribul…
Here we have the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some…
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