Isaiah 50:3

50:3 I can clothe the sky in darkness;

I can cover it with sackcloth.”

Amos 8:9

8:9 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. ¹ 

Revelation 8:12

8:12 Then ²  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 ³  and for a third of the night likewise.

Revelation 9:2

9:2 He ⁴  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ⁵  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ⁶  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

[8:9]  ¹ tn Heb “in a day of light.”

[8:12]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:12]  ³ tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.

[9:2]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.