Revelation 6:12
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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)
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Matthew 24:29
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The Coming of the Son of Man
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)
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 2:10
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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)
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.
Joel 3:15
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15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Revelation 16:18
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18 And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake.(A)
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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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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)
Isaiah 13:9-10
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9 See, the day of the Lord is coming,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy its sinners from it.(A)
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.(B)
Revelation 11:13
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13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(A)
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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.
Isaiah 50:3
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3 I clothe the heavens with blackness
and make sackcloth their covering.(A)
Haggai 2:6-7
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6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land,(A) 7 and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts.(B)
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Isaiah 29:6
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6 you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.(A)
Revelation 8:5
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5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.(A)
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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)
Matthew 24:7
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7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines[a] and earthquakes in various places:(A)
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- 24.7 Other ancient authorities add and pestilences
Haggai 2:21-22
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21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: I am about to shake the heavens and the earth(A) 22 and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations and overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders shall fall, every one by the sword of a comrade.(B)
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Luke 23:44-45
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The Death of Jesus
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon, 45 while the sun’s light failed,[b] and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.(A)
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Mark 15:33
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The Death of Jesus
33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon.
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- 15.33 Or earth
Matthew 28:2
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2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.(A)
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Matthew 27:54
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54 Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”[a](A)
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- 27.54 Or a son of God
Matthew 27:45
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The Death of Jesus
45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon.(A)
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- 27.45 Or earth
Zechariah 14:5
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5 And you shall flee by the valley of the Lord’s mountain,[a] for the valley between the mountains shall reach to Azal,[b] and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with him.(A)
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