25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.(A)

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25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.(A)
The rising sun(B) will be darkened(C)
    and the moon will not give its light.(D)

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10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

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12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(A) The sun turned black(B) like sackcloth(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(D) as figs drop from a fig tree(E) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(F) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(G)

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12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

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30 I will show wonders in the heavens(A)
    and on the earth,(B)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(C)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(D)

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30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

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The End Times

12 “At that time Michael,(A) the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress(B) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book(C)—will be delivered.(D)

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12 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(E) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](F) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
    and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon will not give its light.(A)
All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(B) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

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23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun(A) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(B)
    on Mount Zion(C) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.(D)

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23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(B) and there was no place for them.

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11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(A) so that its waves roar(B)
    the Lord Almighty(C) is his name.

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15 But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

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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)

14 Like a hunted(E) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,(F)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee(G) to their native land.(H)

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13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,(A)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.

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19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

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26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds(A) with great power and glory.

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26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

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