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13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped
    until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.

Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in midheaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.(A)

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11 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
    at the light of your arrows speeding by,
    at the gleam of your flashing spear.(A)

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See, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.[a](A)

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  1. 38.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

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10 The earth quakes before them;
    the heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.(A)

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Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars!

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18 (He ordered that The Song of the Bow[a] be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said,(A)

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  1. 1.18 Heb that The Bow

28 Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “Lord God, remember me and strengthen me only this once, O God, so that with this one act of revenge I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”[a](A)

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  1. 16.28 Or so that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes

14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded a human voice, for the Lord fought for Israel.(A)

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15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.

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who made the great lights,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;(A)
the sun to rule over the day,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;(B)
the moon and stars to rule over the night,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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yet their voice[a] goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens[b] he has set a tent for the sun,(A)

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  1. 19.4 Gk Jerome Compare Syr: Heb line
  2. 19.4 Heb In them

13 A copy of the writ was to be issued as a decree in every province and published to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take revenge on their enemies.(A)

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The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.(A)

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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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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you established the luminaries[a] and the sun.(A)
17 You have fixed all the bounds of the earth;
    you made summer and winter.(B)

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  1. 74.16 Or moon; Heb light

“When locks are long in Israel,
    when the people offer themselves willingly[a]
    bless the Lord!(A)

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  1. 5.2 Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 As they fled before Israel, while they were going down the slope of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down huge stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died because of the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.(A)

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“Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”(A)

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23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)

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12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining and likewise the night.(A)

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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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10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(A)

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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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45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.(A)

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