²⁰ Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
    and gloom with no brightness in it?^(A)

¹⁰ For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
    will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
    and the moon will not shed its light.^(A)

¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath,
    a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
    a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,^(A)

²¹ before I go, never to return,
    to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
²² the land of gloom^[a] and chaos,
    where light is like darkness.’ ”

⁸     even in a rushing flood.
He will make a full end of his adversaries^[a]
    and will pursue his enemies into darkness.^(A)

⁴ Let that day be darkness!
    May God above not seek it
    or light shine on it.
⁵ Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
    Let clouds settle upon it;
    let the blackness of the day terrify it.^(A)
6 That night—let thick darkness seize it!
    let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
    let it not come into the number of the months.^(B)