KJV King James Version
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders—honour!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 24
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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וְחָֽפְרָה֙H2659 · cha.pherbe ashamedהַלְּבָנָ֔הH3842 · le.va.nahmoonוּבוֹשָׁ֖הH954 · bushbe ashamedהַֽחַמָּ֑הH2535 · cham.mahheatכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמָלַ֞ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֗וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyבְּהַ֤רH2022 · harmountain: mountצִיּוֹן֙H6726 · tsiy.yonZionוּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְנֶ֥גֶדH5048 · ne.gedbeforeזְקֵנָ֖יוH2205 · za.qenold: elderכָּבֽוֹד׃ פH3519 · ka.vodglory
Cross-references
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.Isaiah 13:10For 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.Revelation 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Revelation 6:12-14And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;Micah 4:7And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.Psalm 97:1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.Joel 2:31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.Daniel 7:9-10I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.Revelation 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.Job 38:4-7Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Joel 3:15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
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