Isaiah 13:10

13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations

no longer give out their light; ¹ 

the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,

and the moon does not shine. ² 

Isaiah 30:26

30:26 The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare

and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter,

like the light of seven days, ³ 

when the Lord binds up his people’s fractured bones ⁴ 

and heals their severe wound. ⁵ 

Isaiah 60:19

60:19 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. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 32:7-8

32:7 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. ⁷ 

32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,

and I will darken your land,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Joel 2:31

2:31 The sunlight will be turned to darkness

and the moon to the color of blood, ⁸ 

before the day of the Lord comes –

that great and terrible day!

Joel 3:15

3:15 The sun and moon are darkened;

the stars withhold ⁹  their brightness.

Mark 13:24-26

The Arrival of the Son of Man

13:24 “But in those days, after that suffering, ¹⁰  the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; 13:25 the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ¹¹  13:26 Then everyone ¹²  will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds ¹³  with great power and glory.

Revelation 6:12-14

6:12 Then ¹⁴  I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge ¹⁵  earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, ¹⁶  and the full moon became blood red; ¹⁷  6:13 and the stars in the sky ¹⁸  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ¹⁹  its unripe figs ²⁰  when shaken by a fierce ²¹  wind. 6:14 The sky ²²  was split apart ²³  like a scroll being rolled up, ²⁴  and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Revelation 21:23

21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.

[13:10]  ¹ tn Heb “do not flash forth their light.”

[13:10]  ² tn Heb “does not shed forth its light.”

[30:26]  ³ sn Light here symbolizes restoration of divine blessing and prosperity. The number “seven” is used symbolically to indicate intensity. The exact meaning of the phrase “the light of seven days” is uncertain; it probably means “seven times brighter” (see the parallel line).

[30:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “the fracture of his people” (so NASB).

[30:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “the injury of his wound.” The joining of synonyms emphasizes the severity of the wound. Another option is to translate, “the wound of his blow.” In this case the pronominal suffix might refer to the Lord, not the people, yielding the translation, “the wound which he inflicted.”

[60:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your God for your splendor.”

[32:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “will not shine its light.” For similar features of cosmic eschatology, see Joel 2:10; 4:15; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:5.

[2:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “to blood,” but no doubt this is intended to indicate by metonymy the color of blood rather than the substance itself. The blood red color suggests a visual impression here – something that could be caused by fires, volcanic dust, sandstorms, or other atmospheric phenomena.

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “gather in.”

[13:24]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[13:25]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[13:26]  ¹² tn Grk “they.”

[13:26]  ¹³ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full judging authority.

[6:12]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[6:12]  ¹⁵ tn Or “powerful”; Grk “a great.”

[6:12]  ¹⁶ tn Or “like hairy sackcloth” (L&N 8.13).

[6:12]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “like blood,” understanding αἷμα (aima) as a blood-red color rather than actual blood (L&N 8.64).

[6:13]  ¹⁸ tn Or “in heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). The genitive τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (tou ouranou) is taken as a genitive of place.

[6:13]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “throws [off]”; the indicative verb has been translated as a participle due to English style.

[6:13]  ²⁰ tn L&N 3.37 states, “a fig produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens) – ‘late fig.’ ὡς συκὴ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη ‘as the fig tree sheds its late figs when shaken by a great wind’ Re 6:13. In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (Re 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’”

[6:13]  ²¹ tn Grk “great wind.”

[6:14]  ²² tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”

[6:14]  ²³ tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.

[6:14]  ²⁴ tn On this term BDAG 317 s.v. ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up…Rv 6:14.”