Isaiah 13:10

When that happens, none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon at night.

Translation for Translators

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

9Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you. He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy all the sinners in it.

11Yahweh says, “I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30Similarly, your enemies will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. On that day, if someone looks across the land, he will see only people who are in darkness and distressed; it will be as though even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.

Isaiah 24:23At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►, in the presence of the leaders of his people.

Ezekiel 32:7When I get rid of you, I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine. I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun, and the moon will not shine.

Joel 2:10It is as though they cause the earth to shake and the sky to tremble. The sun and the moon become dark and the stars do not shine because there are so many locusts in the sky.

Joel 3:15At that time there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.

Zephaniah 1:15It will be a time when God shows that he is very angry, a time when people experience much distress/suffering and trouble. It will be a time when many things are ruined and destroyed [DOU]. It will be a time when it is very gloomy and dark [DOU], when the clouds are very black.

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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