Isaiah 50:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I clothe the heavens `with' blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,
  • Exod 10:21 : 21 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12 From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

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