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Go after them in anger and destroy them from under Your heavens, O Lord.

On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year, while I was by the Chebar River with the Jews who had been taken away from their land, the heavens were opened and I saw God in a special way.

When I destroy you, I will cover the heavens and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

I will make all the shining lights in the heavens dark over you, and bring darkness upon your land," says the Lord God.

Those who are wise will shine like the bright heavens. And those who lead many to do what is right and good will shine like the stars forever and ever.

"In that day" says the Lord, "I will give an answer to the heavens, and they will give an answer to the earth.

The earth shakes in front of them. The heavens shake. The sun and the moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.

I will show powerful works in the heavens and on the earth, like blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

The Lord makes a loud noise from Zion. He lets His voice be heard from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a safe place for His people, a strong place to the sons of Israel.

The Lord builds His upper rooms in the heavens and sets His sky over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. The Lord is His name.

God comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. His shining-greatness covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise.

The sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the light of Your arrows, at the shining of Your spear.

For the Lord of All says, ‘Once again, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

"Tell Zerubbabel, ruler of Judah, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

"Come, come, run from the land of the north!" says the Lord. "For I have sent you to the four winds of the heavens," says the Lord.

‘The seed will grow in peace. The vine will give its fruit. The land will give its food. The heavens will give water on the grass in the early morning. And I will let the rest of this people have all these things.

The Word of the Lord about Israel: The Lord, Who spread out the heavens, who put the earth in its place, and made the spirit of man within him says this about Israel:

When Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens opened. He saw the Spirit of God coming down and resting on Jesus like a dove.

"As soon as those days of trouble and pain and sorrow are over, the sun will get dark. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from the sky. The powers in the heavens will be shaken.

He will send His angels with the loud sound of a horn. They will gather God's people together from the four winds. They will come from one end of the heavens to the other.