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Isaiah 5:30

28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

29 Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

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.
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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
WEB
They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
ASV
And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
DARBY
and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
BLB
And he will roar over it that on the day, like the roaring of the sea. And one looks over the land, and behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened by its clouds.
ÅB
Og det bruser over det[^5] på den dag, slik som havet bruser; og skuer en til jorden, se, da er det mørke! Trengsel og lys! Det blir mørkt på dets[^6] skydekte himmel.
[^1]: omkring 36 liter.
[^2]: en homer var ti efa, og en efa lik en bat.
[^3]: d.e. de ugudelige rikmenns; JES 5, 8. 9.
[^4]: JES 7, 18.
[^5]: Juda.
[^6]: landets.
OTB
På den dagen skal de brøle over det som havets brøl. Og hvis man ser på landet, er det bare mørke og nød; selv lyset er formørket av skyer.
B1930
Og det bruser over det på den dag, likesom havet bruser; og skuer en til jorden, se, da er det mørke! Trengsel og lys! Det blir mørkt på dets skydekte himmel. / < Juda.> / < landets.>

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  • Isaiah 8:22

    Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

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  • Joel 2:10

    Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

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  • Jeremiah 4:23–28

    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

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  • Revelation 16:10–11

    And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

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  • Luke 21:25–26

    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.

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  • Revelation 6:12

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

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  • Psalms 93:3–4

    The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

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  • 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.’

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