Luke 21:25

And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth distress of nations with perplexity, sea and wave roaring;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

24and they will fall by the mouth of the sword, and will be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trodden down by nations, until the times of nations be fulfilled.

26men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Read all of Luke 21

Cross References

Psalms 46:3Roar—troubled are its waters, || Mountains shake in its pride. Selah.

Isaiah 5:30And it howls against it in that day as the howling of a sea, || And it has looked attentively to the land, || And behold, darkness—distress, || And light has been darkened by its abundance!

Isaiah 13:13Therefore I cause the heavens to tremble, || And the earth shakes from its place, || In the wrath of YHWH of Hosts, || And in a day of the heat of His anger.

Isaiah 24:23And the moon has been confounded, || And the sun has been ashamed, || For YHWH of Hosts has reigned || In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, || And before His elderly—glory!

Jeremiah 4:23I looked [to] the earth, and behold—formless and void, || And to the heavens, and they [had] no light.

Daniel 12:1“And at that time Michael stands up, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of your people, and there has been a time of distress, such as has not been since there has been a nation until that time, and at that time your people escape, everyone who is found written in the scroll.

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29

Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 21:25