The sun will be dark
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw...See the day of the Lord is coming... For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light. 11 I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. 12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger. (Isaiah 13) Thoughts: Isaiah and Amos lived at the same time and likely spoke of the same eclipse in different ways. The Babylonians were fascinated with the heavens and the stars. Isaiah was saying that God would black out the sun and stars so that the Babylonians...