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Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

…darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

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.

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.