Luk 23:30, Rev 6:16, 9:6 | JFB | STEP | 30. mountains . . . hills, &c.— ( ), flying hither and thither as they did in despair for shelter, during the siege; a very slight premonition of cries of another and more awful kind ( ).

Luke 23:30

30. mountains . . . hills, &c.— (Ho 10:8), flying hither and thither as they did in despair for shelter, during the siege; a very slight premonition of cries of another and more awful kind (Isa 2:10, 19, 21; Re 6:16, 17).

Revelation of John 6:16

16. from the face— (Ps 34:16). On the whole verse, compare Ho 10:8; Lu 23:30.

Revelation of John 9:6

6. shall desire—Greek, "eagerly desire"; set their mind on.

shall flee—So B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read. But A and Aleph read, "fleeth," namely continually. In Re 6:16, which is at a later stage of God's judgments, the ungodly seek annihilation, not from the torment of their suffering, but from fear of the face of the Lamb before whom they have to stand.