¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony

²⁰ When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

The Death of Jesus^(A)

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

The Day of the Lord

¹² It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes^(A) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

²² So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness^(A) covered all Egypt for three days. ²³ No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.^(B)