When will people ask for mountains to fall on them? ~ Cross reference of Luke 23:26 to Hosea 10:8

The passage from Hosea 10 has nothing to do with what would happen after Jesus dies on the cross or before he returns or in between period.

Hosea is talking about the rebellion of Israel [10 northern tribes]. Remember that Hosea a prophet for the northern kingdom called Israel or Ephraim.

Let us see why the passages cross referenced by Luke have no strength to support what Jesus said.

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This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion.

My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.

G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.

Luke 23:26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then “‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[b]

Hosea 10:8 The high places of Aven are destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us up," and to the hills, "Fall upon us."

• Hosea is prophesying against Israel for all their wicked ways.
• Hosea 10:1 Israel is a vine devoid of fruit fitting for it. When I increased their good, they increased for the altars; when I increased for their land, they increased pillars.
• G-d days because of their idolatry he will punish them
• Hosea 10: 2 Their heart has parted; now they shall be desolate. That shall demolish their altars, plunder their pillars.
• Israel has rebelled against G-d and they do not live a just life
• Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say, "We have no king, for we did not fear the Lord; now what shall the king do for us?" 4 They spoke words, swearing falsely, forming a covenant, and judgment shall spring up like hemlock on the furrows of the field.
• These verses talk about the fate of Samaria which was the capital of Israel since 880 BCE. It talks about how Assyria will take them into exile and this is what happened in 722 BCE
• Hosea 10:5 Because of the calves of Beth-aven, the neighbors in Samaria shall be frightened, for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests, would rejoice over it, because of its glory, for it has been exiled from it. 6 That too shall be carried off to Assyria, a gift to King Yareb; Ephraim shall take shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel. 7 The king of Samaria is silenced and is like foam on the surface of the water.
• The verse that Luke cross reference is saying that the there is no one to worship to idols because they have been taken into exile. The pagan alters will be covered with thorns and thistles. Israel will lament on the captivity and pray out of shame that the mountains should fall on them and cover their shame.
• Hosea 10:8 The high places of Aven are destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us up," and to the hills, "Fall upon us."

So you see there is nothing about the messiah, crucifixion, people crying for the dead Jesus.