“He then says, "Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.' " In extreme miseries, those less severe misfortunes become, so to speak, desirable.”
Cyril of Alexandria, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 152
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30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
— Luke 23:30 —
31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.