Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet delivers Yahweh’s declaration concerning the imminent "Day of the LORD," a period of cruel fury designed to desolate the earth and destroy its sinners.

The words — כִּֽי־ (ki-) means "for," כוֹכְבֵי שָׁמַיִם (kokhavé shamáyim) denotes "stars of heaven," and חָשַׁךְ (chashakh) means "it will be dark."

The thread — The suspension of celestial light recurs in Joel 2:31, Matthew 24:29, and Ezekiel 32:7 as a consistent prophetic marker of divine intervention.

Why it lands — The text plainly states that the sun, moon, and stars will cease their normal function, requiring the reader to acknowledge that natural order yields to judicial decree without softening the warning.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-for כוֹכְבֵ֤יkhokh.Vei[the] stars of הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔םu./khe.Si.lei./Hemand/ constellations/ their לֹ֥אlo'not יָהֵ֖לּוּya.He.luthey will flash forth אוֹרָ֑ם'o.Ra/mlight/ their חָשַׁ֤ךְcha.Shakhit will be dark הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha./She.meshthe/ sun בְּצֵאת֔וֹbe./tze.T/owhen/ goes forth/ it וְיָרֵ֖חַve./ya.Re.achand/ [the] moon לֹֽא־lo'-not יַגִּ֥יהַya.Gi.hait will make shine אוֹרֽוֹ׃'o.R/olight/ its

King James Version

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Cross-references

Joel 2:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
Ezekiel 32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Mark 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Isaiah 24:23 The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
Revelation 6:12 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,