Joel 3:15

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The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

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  • Joel 2:10 : 10 Before them, the earth quakes, the heavens tremble. The sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.
  • Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and the expectation of what is coming upon the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Rev 6:12-13 : 12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a strong wind.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.

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  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and to destroy the sinners within it.

    10The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.

  • Joel 2:10
    87%

    10Before them, the earth quakes, the heavens tremble. The sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

  • Joel 2:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    30I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

    31The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

  • Mark 13:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

    25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

  • Matt 24:29
    82%

    29Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.

  • Acts 2:19-20
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    82%

    19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and billows of smoke.

    20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

  • Joel 3:14
    80%

    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

  • Joel 3:16
    79%

    16The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

  • Amos 8:9
    79%

    9'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'

  • Isa 5:30
    79%

    30On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6On that day, there will be no light; the precious lights will diminish and freeze.

    7It will be a unique day—known only to the Lord—not day nor night, but at evening time there will be light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    78%

    14The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; there, even the mighty warrior cries out.

    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
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    78%

    2Before the sun, light, moon, and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain.

    3On the day when those who watch over the house tremble, the strong men stoop, and the women who grind cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    77%

    7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

    8All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Isa 24:23
    77%

    23Then 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 will be His glory.

  • Mic 3:6
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    6Therefore night will come over you—without visions; the darkness will fall—without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will grow dark for them.

  • Amos 5:20
    77%

    20Won’t the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, gloom with no brightness in it?

  • Isa 8:22
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    22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Joel 2:1-2
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    1Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming—it is near.

    2It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning.

  • Joel 1:15
    74%

    15Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

  • Jer 13:16
    74%

    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • Luke 21:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

    26People will faint from fear and the expectation of what is coming upon the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Rev 8:12
    74%

    12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them went dark. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise, the night.

  • Isa 60:2
    74%

    2For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

  • Rev 6:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood.

    13The stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a strong wind.

    14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

  • Job 3:5
    73%

    5Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

    20Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end.

  • Jer 31:35
    72%

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  • Mark 15:33
    72%

    33When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

  • Isa 13:13
    72%

    13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of His fierce anger.

  • Joel 2:6
    72%

    6Before them, nations writhe in anguish; every face turns pale.

  • Isa 30:26
    72%

    26The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up his people’s wounds and heals the injuries he has inflicted.

  • Job 17:12
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    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

  • Isa 50:3
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    3I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering.

  • Luke 23:45
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    45The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.