^{28 Ref} But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

^{29 Ref} For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

^{30 Ref} Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'