¹² Then I watched while the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like ·rough black cloth [^Lsackcloth made of goat hair; ^Cclothing used in mourning], and the whole moon became red like blood [^Csignifying destruction; apocalyptic literature often describes nature falling apart at the end time; Joel 2:31]. ¹³ And the stars in the sky fell to the earth like ·figs [or unripe figs] falling from a fig tree when ·the wind blows [^Lshaken by a strong wind/gale]. ¹⁴ The sky ·disappeared [vanished] as a scroll when it is rolled up [Is. 34:4], and every mountain and island was moved from its place.