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)
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)
Mark 13:24-25
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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.
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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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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- 3.10 Other ancient authorities read will not be found or will be burned up
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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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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