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Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

KJV

Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum, non expandent lumen suum ; obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.

Vulgate

οἱ γὰρ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὁ Ὠρείων καὶ πᾶς ὁ κόσμος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸ φῶς οὐ δώσουσιν, καὶ σκοτισθήσεται τοῦ ἡλίου ἀνατέλλοντος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φῶς αὐτῆς.

LXX

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

ASV

כִּֽי כוֹכְבֵ֤י הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וּ/כְסִ֣ילֵי/הֶ֔ם לֹ֥א יָהֵ֖לּוּ אוֹרָ֑/ם חָשַׁ֤ךְ הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ בְּ/צֵאת֔/וֹ וְ/יָרֵ֖חַ לֹֽא יַגִּ֥יהַ אוֹרֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
חָשְׁכ֥וּ
chshkv
verb · 18×
יַגִּ֥יהַּ
ygyh
verb · 6×
יָרֵ֖חַ
yrch
noun · 25×
כְסִ֗יל
ksyl
noun · 4×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

  • Matt 24:29 · paraphrase
    "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"
    Isaiah: sun darkened, moon will not give its light — Olivet signs
  • Mark 13:24 · paraphrase
    "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,"
    Isaiah: sun darkened — cosmic signs in Mark's apocalypse

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 5:20 — Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
  • Amos 8:9 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
  • Amos 8:9 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
  • Ezek 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
  • Ezek 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
  • Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  • Isa 5:30 — And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
  • Isa 5:30 — And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
  • Isa 14:12 — How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
  • Isa 24:21 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
  • Isa 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
  • Isa 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
  • Jer 4:23 — I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
  • Job 9:7 — Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
  • Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
  • Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
  • Joel 2:31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
  • Joel 3:15 — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
  • Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
  • Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
  • Mark 13:24 — But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
  • Mark 13:24 — But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
  • Matt 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  • Matt 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  • Rev 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
  • Rev 8:12 — And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n
  • Rev 8:12 — And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n
  • Zeph 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,