Isaiah 50:3 “I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.””

Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

World English Bible

I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth their covering.”

American Standard Version

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Geneva Bible 1599

I clothe the heauens with darkenesse, and make a sacke their couering.

Darby Translation

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Young's Literal Translation

I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

Bible in Basic English

By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.

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Cross references

“I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”

Revelation 6:12 Exodus 10:21 Matthew 27:45 Psalm 18:11 Psalm 18:12

Revelation 6:12 · BSB

And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Exodus 10:21 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Psalm 18:11 · BSB

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

Psalm 18:12 · BSB

From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

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