Isaiah 5:30

New International Version

³⁰In that day^(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(C) and distress;^(D)
    even the sun will be darkened^(E) by clouds.

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Isaiah 59:9

New International Version

⁹So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;^(A)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

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Jeremiah 13:16

New International Version

¹⁶Give glory^(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble^(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.^(C)

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Amos 5:18

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The Day of the Lord

¹⁸Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!^(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?^(B)
That day will be darkness,^(C) not light.^(D)

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Amos 5:20

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²⁰Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,^(A) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?^(B)

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Zephaniah 1:14-15

New International Version

¹⁴The great day of the Lord^(A) is near^(B)—
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
¹⁵That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness^(C) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(D)—