^17 (A)These are wells without water, ^[a]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness ^[b]forever.

Doom of False Teachers

⁴ For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to ^[a]hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Jesus Dies on the Cross^(A)

^44 (B)Now it ^[a]was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵ Then the sun was ^[b]darkened, and ^(C)the veil of the temple was torn in ^[c]two.

^4 (A)For they are ^[a]impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ ^5 (B)As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a ^(C)rebellious house—yet they ^(D)will know that a prophet has been among them.

⁶ “And you, son of man, ^(E)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though ^(F)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; ^(G)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, ^(H)though they are a rebellious house. ^7 (I)You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. ⁸ But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and ^(J)eat what I give you.”

The Ninth Plague: Darkness

²¹ Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, ^[a]darkness which may even be felt.” ²² So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was ^(B)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt ^(C)three days. ²³ They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. ^(D)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.