30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-31)We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter , to the sacrifice. It is strange with what expedition they went through his trial; how they could do so much work in such a little time, though they had so many great men to deal with, attendance on whom is usually a work of time. He was brought before the chief priests at break of day (Luke 22:66), after that to Pila…
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