¹⁷ These people are springs without water^(A) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.^(B)

⁴ For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,^(A) but sent them to hell,^[a] putting them in chains of darkness^[b] to be held for judgment;^(B)

The Death of Jesus^(A)

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^{(B) 45} for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(C) was torn in two.^(D)

⁴ The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.^(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’^{(B) 5} And whether they listen or fail to listen^(C)—for they are a rebellious people^(D)—they will know that a prophet has been among them.^{(E) 6} And you, son of man, do not be afraid^(F) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns^(G) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^{(H) 7} You must speak^(I) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.^{(J) 8} But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel^(K) like that rebellious people;^(L) open your mouth and eat^(M) what I give you.”

The Plague of Darkness

²¹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness^(A) spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” ²² So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness^(B) covered all Egypt for three days. ²³ No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.^(C)