Ecclesiastes 12:3
when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,
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- Gen 27:1 : 1 Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.
- Gen 48:10 : 10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
- 2 Sam 21:15-17 : 15 Israel Engages in Various Battles with the Philistines Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted. 16 Now Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, had a spear that weighed three hundred bronze shekels, and he was armed with a new weapon. He had said that he would kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying,“You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!”
- Ps 90:9-9 : 9 Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. 10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
- Ps 102:23 : 23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.
- Zech 8:4 : 4 Moreover, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.
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4and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,
5and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–
6before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern–
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2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
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15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
- Joel 2:9-102 verses75%
9They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.
10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.
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25the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
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10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
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22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
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30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
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9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.
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16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
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25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’
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9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
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14The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,
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6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
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13In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.
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11They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.
12The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.
13This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.
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18The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.
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6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.
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19They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
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14Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.