For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.

And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.

In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

and he said to them, 'I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast them down to Tartarus, did deliver them to judgment, having been reserved,

And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,

Lucifer

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

and I will give to him the morning star.

'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

Weaken

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!

An axe art thou to me -- weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,

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How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!