Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Days » Under the control of God
(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name!
In 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.
Eclipse » Of the sun and moon
The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes -- that great and terrible day!
Therefore 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.
"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
In 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.
Indeed 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.
When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine. I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the sovereign Lord.
The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.
The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.
Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.
The sun » Figurative
"Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?"
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
In 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.
The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon's brightness shine on you; the Lord will be your permanent source of light -- the splendor of your God will shine upon you.
The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction
In 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.
The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies," says the Lord.