a day of darkness and gloom,(A)
a day of clouds and total darkness,(B)
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people(C) appears,
such as never existed in ages past(D)
and never will again
in all the generations to come.(E)

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood(A)
before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(B)

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15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will cease their shining.(A)

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And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God
I will make the sun go down at noon;(A)
I will darken the land in the daytime.(B)

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The Coming of the Son of Man

29 “Immediately after the distress(A) of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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The Sixth Seal

12 Then I saw him open[a] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred;(A) the sun turned black like sackcloth(B) made of hair; the entire moon[b] became like blood;(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:12 Or I saw when he opened
  2. 6:12 Or the full moon

The Fourth Trumpet

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.(A)

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