Forget about that day, cover it with darkness,
Blot out the day of my birth and the night when my parents created a son.
and send thick, gloomy shadows to fill it with dread.
It will be dark and gloomy with storm clouds overhead. Troops will cover the mountains like thunderclouds. No army this powerful has ever been gathered before or will ever be again.
You look forward to the day when the LORD comes to judge. But you are in for trouble! It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.
At midday the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock.
For several days we could not see either the sun or the stars. A strong wind kept blowing, and we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
because the LORD your God keeps his eye on this land and takes care of it all year long.
The fifth angel emptied his bowl on the throne of the beast. At once darkness covered its kingdom, and its people began biting their tongues in pain.