An Eclipse Predicts a Dark Fall
6 You have rejected me,” declares the Lord . “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back. 7 I will winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people, for they have not changed their ways. 8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At midday I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men; suddenly I will bring down on them anguish and terror. 9 The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies,” (Jeremiah 15:6-9) Thoughts: There was an eclipse in Jeremiah's day- September 30, 610 BC. After this very visible sign disaster after disaster came on the land and people. The next year (609), the good King Josiah died when he fought agains...