Luke 23:27-31

27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ¹mourning 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, ²the days are coming when they will say, ³'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

30 ⁴Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

31 For ⁵if they do these things when ⁶the wood is green, what will happen ⁷when it is dry?"

Cross References

• 1. Luke 8:52; Matthew 11:17
• 2. See Luke 17:22
• 3. Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17
• 4. Hosea 10:8; Revelation 6:16; [Isaiah 2:19]
• 5. [Proverbs 11:31; 1 Peter 4:17]
• 6. Ezekiel 20:47
• 7. Ezekiel 20:47