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20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood,
        before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.(A)

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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)

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  1. 3.10 Other ancient authorities read will not be found or will be burned up

The Coming of the Son of Man

29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days

the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
    and the powers of heaven will be shaken.(A)

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On that day, says the Lord God,
    I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)

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For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.(A)

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The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A)

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See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(A)

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14 Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.(A)

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Blow the trumpet in Zion;
    sound the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—(A)

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But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)

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The Coming of the Son of Man

24 “But in those days, after that suffering,

the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light,(A)

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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the oaks of Bashan;(B)
14 against all the high mountains
    and against all the lofty hills;(C)
15 against every high tower
    and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish
    and against all the highly prized vessels.(D)
17 The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,
    and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,
    and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(E)
18 The idols shall utterly pass away.(F)
19 Enter the caves of the rocks
    and the holes of the ground,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(G)
20 On that day people will throw away
    to the moles and to the bats
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
    which they made for themselves to worship,(H)
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
    and the clefts in the crags,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(I)

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  1. 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low

The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire;

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12 When he broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,(A)

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you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.[a](A)

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  1. 5.5 Other ancient authorities add Jesus

The Death of Jesus

45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon.(A)

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  1. 27.45 Or earth

before you are driven away[a]
    like the drifting chaff,[b]
before there comes upon you
    the fierce anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
    the day of the Lord’s wrath.(A)
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land
    who do his commands;
seek righteousness, seek humility;
    perhaps you may be hidden
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.(B)

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  1. 2.2 Cn: Heb before a decree is born
  2. 2.2 Cn: Heb like chaff a day has passed away

23 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos,
    and to the heavens, and they had no light.(A)

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For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
    a year of vindication for Zion’s cause.[a](A)

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  1. 34.8 Or of recompense by Zion’s defender

23 Then the moon will be abashed
    and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts will reign
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will be glorified.(A)

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15 Whoever is found will be thrust through,
    and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

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See, the day of the Lord is coming,
    cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the earth a desolation
    and to destroy its sinners from it.(A)

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