So the sunstoodstill,and the moonstopped,Untilthe nationavengedthemselves of their enemies.Is it not writtenin the bookof Jashar?And the sunstoppedin the middleof the skyand did not hastento go[down] for about a wholeday.
and he told[them] to teachthe sonsof Judah[the song of] the bow;behold,it is writtenin the bookof Jashar.
So Hezekiahanswered,"It is easyfor the shadowto declinetensteps;no,but let the shadowturnbackwardtensteps."
A copyof the edictto be issuedas lawin eachand everyprovincewas publishedto allthe peoples,so that the Jewswould be readyfor thisdayto avengethemselves on their enemies.
Who commandsthe sunnot to shine,And setsa sealupon the stars;
PraiseHim, sunand moon;PraiseHim, allstarsof light!
Their linehas goneout through allthe earth,And their utterancesto the endof the world.In them He has placeda tentfor the sun,
Then the moonwill be abashedand the sunashamed,For the LORDof hostswill reignon MountZionand in Jerusalem,And [His] glorywill be beforeHis elders.
"Behold,I will causethe shadowon the stairway,whichhas gonedownwith the sunon the stairwayof Ahaz,to gobacktensteps."So the sun's[shadow] wentbacktenstepson the stairwayon whichit had gonedown.
Beforethem the earthquakes,The heavenstremble,The sunand the moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
"The sunwill be turnedinto darknessAnd the mooninto bloodBeforethe greatand awesomedayof the LORDcomes.
The sunand moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
Sun[and] moonstoodin their places;They wentaway at the lightof Your arrows,At the radianceof Your gleamingspear.
Thereforeit is saidin the Bookof the Warsof the LORD,"Wahebin Suphah,And the wadisof the Arnon,
"Takefullvengeancefor the sonsof Israelon the Midianites;afterwardyou will be gatheredto your people."
"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.
sothat you may be sonsof your Fatherwhois in heaven;for He causesHis sunto riseon [the] eviland [the] good,and sends rainon [the] righteousand [the] unrighteous.
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
THE SUNWILL BE TURNEDINTO DARKNESSAND THE MOONINTO BLOOD,BEFORETHE GREATAND GLORIOUSDAYOF THE LORDSHALL COME.
As they fledfrom beforeIsrael,[while] they were at the descentof Beth-horon,the LORDthrewlargestonesfrom heavenon them as faras Azekah,and they died;[there were] morewhodiedfrom the hailstonesthanthose whomthe sonsof Israelkilledwith the sword.
There was nodaylike that beforeit or afterit, when the LORDlistenedto the voiceof a man;for the LORDfoughtfor Israel.
And the cityhasnoneedof the sunorof the moonto shineon it, for the gloryof Godhas illuminedit, and its lamp[is] the Lamb.
and they criedout with a loudvoice,saying,"How long,O Lord,holyand true,will You refrainfrom judgingand avengingour bloodon thosewho dwellon the earth?"
I lookedwhenHe brokethe sixthseal,and there was a greatearthquake;and the sunbecameblackas sackcloth[made] of hair,and the wholemoonbecamelikeblood;
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.
Then Samsoncalledto the LORDand said,"O LordGOD,pleaserememberme and pleasestrengthenme justthistime,O God,that I may at oncebe avengedof the Philistinesfor my twoeyes."
"That the leadersledin Israel,That the peoplevolunteered,Blessthe LORD!
