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They say (legousin). Vivid dramatic present active indicative, as is natural here.
Fall on us (Pesate eph' hēmās). Second aorist (first aorist ending) imperative of piptō, tense of urgency, do it now.
And hide us (kai krupsate hēmās). Same tense of urgency again from kruptō (verb in Rev 6:15). Both imperatives come in inverted order from Hos 10:8 with kalupsate (cover) in place of krupsate (hide), quoted by Jesus on the way to the Cross (Luk 23:30) in the order here, but with kalupsate, not krupsate.
From the face of him that (apo prosōpou tou, etc.). “What sinners dread most is not death, but the revealed Presence of God” (Swete). Cf. Gen 3:8.
And from the wrath of the Lamb (kai apo tēs orgēs tou arniou). Repetition of “the grave irony” (Swete) of Rev 5:5. The Lamb is the Lion again in the terribleness of his wrath. Recall the mourning in Rev 1:7. See Mat 25:41. where Jesus pronounces the woes on the wicked.