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Revelation 6:16

in Revelation 6

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

KJV

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:

This verse in Revelation 6

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Said to the mountains and rocks - Expressions which denote the strongest perturbation and alarm. They preferred any kind of death to that which they apprehended from this most awful revolution. From the face of him that sitteth on the throne - They now saw that all these terrible judgments came from the Almighty; and that Christ, the author of Christianity, was now judging, condemning, and destroying them for their cruel persecutions of his followers.

This site's exposition

hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains

on Revelation 6:15-17

Every rank answers the same terror, kings, great men, rich men, chief captains, mighty men, bondman, and free man, seven classes naming the whole of human society from throne to slave, none exempted by power or wealth. Their cry, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, echoes Hosea 10:8 and is the very words the Lord used of Jerusalem's coming judgment in Luke 23:30, joining two titles that had stood in deliberate contrast through chapters four and five, the throne's majesty and the Lamb's gentleness, now revealed as one wrath no creature can escape. The great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand, closes the seals' cycle on a question chapter seven answers at once: some are able to stand, because they have been sealed.

The words behind it

26 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 23:30

    At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 2:19

      Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Revelation 9:6

      In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hosea 10:8

      The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…

  • Through

    Revelation 4:2

    At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:19

      Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

    • Revelation 1:10

      On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

    • Isaiah 6:1

      In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

  • Through

    Revelation 20:11

    Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 21:1

      Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

  • Through

    Hosea 10:8

    The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…

    it leads to

    • Luke 23:30

      At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.