Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
The heavens
Because
General references
Bible References
The heavens
Matthew 27:45
And from the sixth hour there was darkness on all the land till the ninth hour;
Mark 15:33
And when it was the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the earth till the ninth hour.
Luke 23:44
And it was now about the sixth hour [noon]; and there was a darkness over all the land till the ninth hour [3 P.M.].
Revelation 6:12
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the moon became as blood,
Because
Ephesians 1:9
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
General references
Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,