² 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)

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)

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