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.
"The sunwill be turnedinto darknessAnd the mooninto bloodBeforethe greatand awesomedayof the LORDcomes.
For the starsof heavenand their constellationsWill not flashforththeir light;The sunwill be darkwhen it risesAnd the moonwill not shedits light.
Beforethem the earthquakes,The heavenstremble,The sunand the moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
I lookedwhenHe brokethe sixthseal,and there was a greatearthquake;and the sunbecameblackas sackcloth[made] of hair,and the wholemoonbecamelikeblood;
A thirdof mankindwas killedby thesethreeplagues,by the fireand the smokeand the brimstonewhich proceededout of their mouths.
And the fourangels,who had been preparedfor the hourand dayand monthand year,were released,sothat they would killa thirdof mankind.
"But in thosedays,afterthat tribulation,THE SUNWILL BE DARKENEDAND THE MOONWILL NOT GIVEITS LIGHT,
"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.
The sunand moongrowdarkAnd the starslosetheir brightness.
And his tailswept awaya thirdof the starsof heavenand threwthem to the earth.And the dragonstoodbeforethe womanwho was aboutto givebirth,sothat whenshe gave birthhe might devourher child.
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
"There will be signsin sunand moonand stars,and on the earthdismayamong nations,in perplexityat the roaringof the seaand the waves,
When the sixthhourcame,darknessfelloverthe wholelanduntilthe ninthhour.
Nowfrom the sixthhourdarknessfellupon allthe landuntilthe ninthhour.
I lookedon the earth,and behold,[it was] formlessand void;And to the heavens,and they hadnolight.
THE SUNWILL BE TURNEDINTO DARKNESSAND THE MOONINTO BLOOD,BEFORETHE GREATAND GLORIOUSDAYOF THE LORDSHALL COME.
"It will comeabout in that day,"declaresthe LordGOD,"That I will make the sungodown at noonAnd makethe earthdarkin broaddaylight.
Then the moonwill be abashedand the sunashamed,For the LORDof hostswill reignon MountZionand in Jerusalem,And [His] glorywill be beforeHis elders.
Thenthe fifth[angel] pouredout his bowlon the throneof the beast,and his kingdombecamedarkened;and they gnawedtheir tonguesbecauseof pain,
