Isaiah 13:10

For the kokhavim of Shomayim and the constellations thereof 1 shall not give their ohr (light); 1 the shemesh shall be darkened in its rising 1 and the yarei'ach shall not cause its ohr to shine. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Hinei, the Yom Hashem cometh, 1 cruel both with wrath and charon af (fierce anger), 1 to lay the land desolate; 1 and He shall destroy the chatta'im (sinners) thereof out of it. 1

11And I will punish the tevel (world) for ra'ah, 1 and the resha'im for their avon (iniquity); 1 and I will cause the ga'on (arrogance) of the proud to cease, 1 and will lay low the ga'avah (pride) of the tyrant. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30And in Yom Hahu they shall roar against them 1 like the roaring of the sea; 1 and if one look unto ha'aretz, 1 hinei, choshech and tzar (distress), 1 and the ohr groweth dark with clouds.

Isaiah 24:23Then the levanah (moon) shall be disgraced, 1 and the chammah (sun) ashamed, 1 when Hashem Tzva'os shall reign 1 in Har Tziyon, and in Yerushalayim, 1 and before His Zekenim gloriously.

Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall put out thy light, 1 I will cover the Shomayim, 1 and make the kokhavim thereof dark; 1 I will cover the shemesh with an anan (cloud), 1 and the yarei'ach (moon) shall not give her light. 1

Joel 2:10The eretz shall quake before them; 1 the Shomayim shall tremble; 1 the shemesh and the yarei'ach shall be dark, 1 and the kokhavim shall withdraw their shining; 1

Zephaniah 1:15That Yom is a Yom Evrah (day of wrath), 1 a Yom Tzarah and Metzukah (a day of trouble and distress, pressure), 1 a Yom of Sho'ah (catastrophe) and Meshoah (desolation), 1 a Yom of Choshech and Afelah (gloom), 1 a Yom of Anan and Arafel (thick darkness), 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:7-19

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy… Read the whole commentary →

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