Matthew 24:29
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29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of heaven will be shaken.(A)
Amos 8:9
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9 On that day, says the Lord God,
I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)
Joel 3:15
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15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Isaiah 13:10
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10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.(A)
Isaiah 24:23
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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)
Revelation 6:12-17
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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) 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.(B) 14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(C) 15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(D) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(E) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(F)
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Mark 13:24-25
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The Coming of the Son of Man
24 “But in those days, after that suffering,
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light,(A)
25 and the stars will be falling from heaven,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Acts 2:19-20
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19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
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)
Joel 2:30-31
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30 I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.(A) 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(B)
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2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
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Isaiah 34:4
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4 All the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall wither
like a leaf withering on a vine
or fruit withering on a fig tree.(A)
Revelation 8:12
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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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Luke 21:25-26
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A) 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Zephaniah 1:14-15
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The Great Day of the Lord
14 The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
the warrior cries aloud there.(A)
15 That day will be a day of wrath,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,(B)
Joel 2:10
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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)
Amos 5:20
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20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?(A)
Daniel 7:11-12
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11 I watched then because of the noise of the arrogant words that the horn was speaking. And as I watched, the beast was put to death and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.(A) 12 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
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Ezekiel 32:7-8
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7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.(A)
8 All the shining lights of the heavens
I will darken above you
and put darkness on your land,
says the Lord God.
Jeremiah 4:23-28
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23 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos,
and to the heavens, and they had no light.(A)
24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.(B)
25 I looked, and there was no one at all,
and all the birds of the air had fled.(C)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(D)
27 For thus says the Lord: The whole land shall be a desolation, yet I will not make a full end.(E)
28 Because of this the earth shall mourn
and the heavens above grow black,
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
I have not relented, nor will I turn back.(F)
Matthew 24:21
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21 For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.(A)
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Matthew 24:8
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8 all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.
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