<p>23:30 <i>Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall on us, and to the hills: Cover us</i>- The Babylonian siege would be repeated in AD70 (Hos. 10:8); and these words are quoted about the feelings of the impenitent within the land of Israel in the last days, when every prophetic word shall come to its climax (Rev. 6:16). &quot;Begin to say&quot; could imply that the Lord was hopeful that they would repent. But Josephus says that during the AD70 siege &quot;Hundreds of the Jews at the end of the siege hid themselves in subterranean recesses, and no less than 2000 were killed by being buried under the ruins of these hiding-places&quot;. In Rev. 6:16, the desire for the hills to fall upon them was because they sense that the wrath of the once crucified Lamb is even greater. The Lamb for sinners slain also has anger; He saw through the tears of those women, and was warning them of the huge price to be paid for what they were doing to Him.</p>