"And when [I] extinguishyou, I will coverthe heavensand darkentheir stars;I will coverthe sunwith a cloudAnd the moonwill not giveits light.
Who commandsthe sunnot to shine,And setsa sealupon the stars;
The lightof the righteousrejoices,But the lampof the wickedgoesout.
beforethe sunand the light,the moonand the starsare darkened,and cloudsreturnafterthe rain;
For the starsof heavenand their constellationsWill not flashforththeir light;The sunwill be darkwhen it risesAnd the moonwill not shedits light.
And allthe hostof heavenwill wearaway,And the skywill be rolledup like a scroll;Alltheir hostswill also witherawayAs a leafwithersfrom the vine,Or as [one] withersfrom the figtree.
Givegloryto the LORDyour God,BeforeHe bringsdarknessAnd beforeyour feetstumbleOn the duskymountains,And while you are hopingfor lightHe makesit into deepdarkness,[And] turns[it] into gloom.
"In Tehaphnehesthe daywill be darkWhen I breaktherethe yokebarsof Egypt.Then the prideof her powerwill ceasein her; A cloudwill coverher, And her daughterswill gointo captivity.
"For the dayis near,Even the dayof the LORDis near;It will be a dayof clouds,A time[of doom] for the nations.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"On the daywhen it wentdownto SheolI causedlamentations;I closedthe deepoverit and heldbackits rivers.And [its] manywaterswere stoppedup, and I made Lebanonmournfor it, and allthe treesof the fieldwiltedawayon accountof it.
"As a shepherdcaresfor his herdin the daywhen he is amonghis scatteredsheep,soI will carefor My sheepand will deliverthem from allthe placesto whichthey were scatteredon a cloudyand gloomyday.
Beforethem the earthquakes,The heavenstremble,The sunand the moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
A dayof darknessand gloom,A dayof cloudsand thickdarkness.As the dawnis spreadoverthe mountains,[So] there is a greatand mightypeople;There has neverbeen[anything] likeit, Norwill there be againafterit To the yearsof manygenerations.
"The sunwill be turnedinto darknessAnd the mooninto bloodBeforethe greatand awesomedayof the LORDcomes.
The sunand moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
"It will comeabout in that day,"declaresthe LordGOD,"That I will make the sungodown at noonAnd makethe earthdarkin broaddaylight.
"But immediatelyafterthe tribulationof thosedaysTHE SUNWILL BE DARKENED,AND THE MOONWILL NOT GIVEITS LIGHT,AND THE STARSWILL FALLfrom the sky,and the powersof the heavenswill be shaken.
"But in thosedays,afterthat tribulation,THE SUNWILL BE DARKENEDAND THE MOONWILL NOT GIVEITS LIGHT,
"There will be signsin sunand moonand stars,and on the earthdismayamong nations,in perplexityat the roaringof the seaand the waves,
The fourthangelsounded,and a thirdof the sunand a thirdof the moonand a thirdof the starswere struck,sothat a thirdof them would be darkenedand the daywould not shinefor a thirdof it, and the nightin the same way.
