19 By the wrath(A) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(B)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(C)
    they will not spare one another.(D)

Read full chapter

The faithful have been swept from the land;(A)
    not one(B) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(C) to shed blood;(D)
    they hunt each other(E) with nets.(F)

Read full chapter

For a son dishonors his father,
    a daughter rises up against her mother,(A)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
    a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(B)

Read full chapter

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(A) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons

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

Read full chapter

The Death of Jesus(A)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(B) came over all the land.

Read full chapter

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe 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)

Read full chapter

    a day of darkness(A) and gloom,(B)
    a day of clouds(C) and blackness.(D)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army(E) comes,
such as never was in ancient times(F)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

Read full chapter

As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity(A) or compassion.(B)

Read full chapter

16 Give 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)

Read full chapter

See, darkness(A) covers the earth
    and thick darkness(B) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.

Read full chapter

11 In the streets they cry out(A) for wine;(B)
    all joy turns to gloom,(C)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(D)
    its gate(E) is battered to pieces.

Read full chapter

Therefore a curse(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(B)
    and very few are left.

Read full chapter

18 Their bows(A) will strike down the young men;(B)
    they will have no mercy(C) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(D)

Read full chapter

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(A)
    and the earth will shake(B) from its place
at the wrath(C) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.(D)

Read full chapter

See, the day(A) of the Lord is coming
    —a cruel(B) day, with wrath(C) and fierce anger(D)
to make the land desolate
    and destroy the sinners within it.

Read full chapter

22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(A) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(B)

Read full chapter

30 In 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.

Read full chapter

31 The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.(A)

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends