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It is used both literally and metaphorically throughout the Scriptures to describe physical darkness, emotional distress, and spiritual separation from God.<br><br><b>Old Testament References:</b><br>The concept of gloom is frequently associated with the judgment and wrath of God. In the prophetic literature, gloom is often depicted as a consequence of sin and rebellion against God. For instance, in <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> , the prophet speaks of those who reject God: "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."<br><br>The imagery of gloom is also present in the context of the Day of the Lord, a time of divine judgment. <a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2</a> describes it as "a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness." This portrayal serves as a warning to the people of Israel to repent and return to God.<br><br><b>New Testament References:</b><br>In the New Testament, gloom is often associated with spiritual darkness and the absence of the light of Christ. <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a> uses the term to describe the fate of false teachers: "They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever."<br><br>The theme of light versus darkness is prevalent in the teachings of Jesus. In <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a> , Jesus declares, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life." Here, gloom is contrasted with the light that Christ brings, emphasizing the hope and salvation found in Him.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br>Gloom, as depicted in the Bible, serves as a powerful symbol of the consequences of sin and the absence of God's presence. It underscores the need for repentance and the transformative power of God's light. The recurring theme of gloom in the context of judgment highlights the seriousness of turning away from God and the resultant spiritual desolation.<br><br><b>Practical Application:</b><br>Believers are called to walk in the light of Christ, avoiding the spiritual gloom that comes from sin and separation from God. <a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8</a> exhorts Christians: "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." This call to live in the light involves embracing the teachings of Christ, seeking His guidance, and reflecting His love and truth in a world often characterized by spiritual darkness.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br>While the Bible presents gloom as a reality of judgment and spiritual desolation, it also offers the hope of redemption and light through Jesus Christ. By turning to Him, believers can overcome the darkness and live in the fullness of God's presence and grace.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2217.htm"><span class="l">2217. zophos -- deep <b>gloom</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> deep <b>gloom</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zophos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dzof'-os) Short Definition: darkness, murkiness Definition: darkness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2217.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1105.htm"><span class="l">1105. gnophos -- darkness, <b>gloom</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> darkness, <b>gloom</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: gnophos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (gnof'-os) Short Definition: darkness, <b>gloom</b> Definition: darkness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1105.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2726.htm"><span class="l">2726. katepheia -- dejection</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: katepheia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kat-ay'-fi-ah) Short Definition: a downcast countenance, <b>gloom</b>, dejection Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2726.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4155.htm"><span class="l">4155. muaph -- <b>gloom</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>gloom</b>. Transliteration: muaph Phonetic Spelling: (moo-awf') Short Definition: <b>gloom</b>.<br> Word Origin from uph Definition <b>gloom</b> NASB Word Usage <b>gloom</b> (1). dimness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4155.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4588.htm"><span class="l">4588. mauph -- <b>gloom</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>gloom</b>. Transliteration: mauph Phonetic Spelling: (maw-off') Short Definition: <b>gloom</b>.<br> Word Origin from uph Definition <b>gloom</b> NASB Word Usage <b>gloom</b> (1). dimness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4588.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/652.htm"><span class="l">652. ophel -- darkness, <b>gloom</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 651, 652. ophel. 653 . darkness, <b>gloom</b>. Transliteration: ophel Phonetic<br> Spelling: (o'fel) Short Definition: darkness. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/652.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6940.htm"><span class="l">6940. qadruth -- darkness, <b>gloom</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6939, 6940. qadruth. 6941 . darkness, <b>gloom</b>. Transliteration: qadruth<br> Phonetic Spelling: (kad-rooth') Short Definition: blackness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6940.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8591b.htm"><span class="l">8591b. teuphah -- <b>gloom</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> teuphah. 8592 . <b>gloom</b>. Transliteration: teuphah Short Definition: darkness. Word<br> Origin from uph Definition <b>gloom</b> NASB Word Usage darkness (1). 8591a, 8591b <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8591b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6205.htm"><span class="l">6205. araphel -- cloud, heavy cloud</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from araph Definition cloud, heavy cloud NASB Word Usage deep darkness<br> (1), <b>gloom</b> (1), gloomy (1), thick cloud (3), thick darkness (7), thick <b>gloom</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6205.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/651.htm"><span class="l">651. aphel -- gloomy</span></a><br><b>...</b> 650, 651. aphel. 652 . gloomy. Transliteration: aphel Phonetic Spelling:<br> (aw-fale') Short Definition: <b>gloom</b>. Word Origin from the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/651.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/653.htm"><span class="l">653. aphelah -- darkness, gloominess, calamity</span></a><br><b>...</b> 652, 653. aphelah. 654 . darkness, gloominess, calamity. Transliteration:<br> aphelah Phonetic Spelling: (af-ay-law') Short Definition: <b>gloom</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/653.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5890.htm"><span class="l">5890. ephah -- darkness</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition: darkness. Word Origin from uph Definition darkness NASB Word<br> Usage darkness (1), utter <b>gloom</b> (1). darkness. Feminine from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5890.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6150.htm"><span class="l">6150. arab -- to become evening, grow dark</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin denominative verb from ereb Definition to become evening, grow dark<br> NASB Word Usage close (1), evening (1), turns to <b>gloom</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6150.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_from_the_east/glory_shone_within_the_gloom.htm"><span class="l">Glory Shone Within the <b>Gloom</b>,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> EASTER Glory shone within the <b>gloom</b>,. 7,7,7,7 tr., John Brownlie. I. Glory shone<br> within the <b>gloom</b>,. Vacant eyes in wonder gazed; Shook the portals of the tomb,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns from the east/glory shone within the gloom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_greek_church/thou_didst_seek_the_gloom.htm"><span class="l">Thou Didst Seek the <b>Gloom</b>,</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Thou didst seek the <b>gloom</b>,. tr., John Brownlie 6,5,6,5,7,7. <b>...</b> I. When, O King Immortal,.<br> Thou didst seek the <b>gloom</b>,. Tasting death in meekness,. Resting in the tomb <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/thou didst seek the gloom.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dionysius/mystic_theology/caput_i_what_is_the.htm"><span class="l">What is the Divine <b>Gloom</b>?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> MYSTIC THEOLOGY. CAPUT I. What is the Divine <b>Gloom</b>? SECTION I. TRIAD supernal,<br> both super-God and super-good, Guardian of the Theosophy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/dionysius/mystic theology/caput i what is the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/sundays_after_trinity_divine_guidance.htm"><span class="l">Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the Encircling <b>Gloom</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling <b>gloom</b>. 10.4.10.4.10.10 [936]Lux Benigna: <b>...</b><br> John Henry Newman, 1833. Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling <b>gloom</b>,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sundays after trinity divine guidance.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_46_he_was_transfigured.htm"><span class="l">He was Transfigured</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>gloom</b> of their surroundings seems in harmony with their sorrowful lives,<br> around which the clouds are gathering and thickening. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the desire of ages/chapter 46 he was transfigured.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_joy-bringer.htm"><span class="l">The Joy-Bringer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There we have two contrasted pictures suggested: one of a mourner with grey ashes<br> strewed upon his dishevelled locks, and his spirit clothed in <b>gloom</b> like a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the joy-bringer.htm</font><p><a href="/library/naylor/heart_talks/talk_fourteen_putting_clouds_over.htm"><span class="l">Putting Clouds Over the Sun</span></a> <br><b>...</b> How much better it would be to take away the clouds, to banish the <b>gloom</b>! <b>...</b> I am not<br> writing a mere theory. I know what pain and <b>gloom</b> and heaviness are. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fourteen putting clouds over.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xxxv_light_after_darkness.htm"><span class="l">Light after Darkness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Profound <b>gloom</b> enveloped him. His every sense was frustrated. <b>...</b> Meanwhile, what might<br> not be happening to Rachel in this chaos of <b>gloom</b> and clamor? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxv light after darkness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allen/the_way_of_peace/the_realization_of_selfless_love.htm"><span class="l">The Realization of Selfless Love</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is well that lover, brother, sister, husband, wife should suffer deep anguish,<br> and be enveloped in <b>gloom</b> when the visible object of their affections is torn <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../allen/the way of peace/the realization of selfless love.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bounds/the_reality_of_prayer/xii_the_gethsemane_prayer.htm"><span class="l">The Gethsemane Prayer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Gethsemane prayer is that same sun declining in the west, plunged into an ocean<br> of storm and cloud, storm-covered, storm-eclipsed with <b>gloom</b>, darkness and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bounds/the reality of prayer/xii the gethsemane prayer.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/gloom.htm"><span class="l"><b>Gloom</b> (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity;<br> as, the <b>gloom</b> of a forest, or of midnight. <b>...</b><b>Gloom</b> (29 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloom.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blackness.htm"><span class="l">Blackness (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> qadhruth, "darkness"; gnophos, "darkness" zophos "blackness"): Terms rarely used<br> but of special significance in picturing the fearful <b>gloom</b> and blackness of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blackness.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shadow.htm"><span class="l">Shadow (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 14. (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent<br> typically. 15. (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a <b>gloom</b> over. 16. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shadow.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gloomy.htm"><span class="l">Gloomy (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, <b>gloom</b>; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy<br> temper or countenance. Multi-Version Concordance Gloomy (10 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloomy.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gross.htm"><span class="l">Gross (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and <b>gloom</b>, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the<br> dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gross.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/thick.htm"><span class="l">Thick (129 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Peter 2:4 For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick<br><b>gloom</b>, having cast 'them' down to Tartarus, did deliver 'them' to judgment <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thick.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/anguish.htm"><span class="l">Anguish (75 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 8:22 and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the<br><b>gloom</b> of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/anguish.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kedron.htm"><span class="l">Kedron (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The LXX., in 1 Kings 15:13, translate "of the cedar." The word means "black," and<br> may refer to the colour of the water or the <b>gloom</b> of the ravine, or the black <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kedron.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outspread.htm"><span class="l">Outspread (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 8:22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness,<br> the <b>gloom</b> of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outspread.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/laughter.htm"><span class="l">Laughter (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> James 4:9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and<br> your joy to <b>gloom</b>. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/laughter.htm - 13k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Tisha-B-Av.html">What is Tisha B'Av? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/mercies-new-every-morning.html">What does it mean that God's mercies are new every morning? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-tartarus.html">What is Tartarus? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/gloom.htm">Gloom: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Gloom (29 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18</a></span><br />For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to <span class="boldtext">gloom</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">2 Peter 2:4</a></span><br />For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a></span><br />These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> of darkness is reserved for ever.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Jude 1:6</a></span><br />And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day;<br /><span class="source">(Root in DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a></span><br />raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> of darkness for eternity.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Deuteronomy 4:11</a></span><br />You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm">Job 3:5</a></span><br />Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6</a></span><br />That night let <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21</a></span><br />before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/10-22.htm">Job 10:22</a></span><br />A land of <span class="boldtext">gloom</span>, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm">Job 23:17</a></span><br />Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> from me.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm">Job 28:3</a></span><br />Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3</a></span><br />They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> of waste and desolation.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/34-22.htm">Job 34:22</a></span><br />There is no darkness, nor thick <span class="boldtext">gloom</span>, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Psalms 107:10</a></span><br />Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">Psalms 107:14</a></span><br />He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a></span><br />and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a></span><br />But there shall be no more <span class="boldtext">gloom</span> for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Isaiah 24:11</a></span><br />There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a></span><br />And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Isaiah 58:10</a></span><br />and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday; <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Isaiah 59:9</a></span><br />Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a></span><br />Give glory to the LORD your God, before it grow dark, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight, and, while ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a></span><br />Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2</a></span><br />A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Amos 5:20</a></span><br />Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a></span><br />That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and <span class="boldtext">gloom</span>, a day of clouds and blackness,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/g/gloom.htm">Gloom</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gloom.htm">Gloom (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gloomy.htm">Gloomy (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lower.htm">Lower (72 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wasteness.htm">Wasteness (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation (131 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blackness.htm">Blackness (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sadness.htm">Sadness (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/adversity.htm">Adversity (54 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/black.htm">Black (52 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dawn.htm">Dawn (70 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spreading.htm">Spreading (74 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/clouds.htm">Clouds (99 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/powerful.htm">Powerful (93 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/g/globes.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Globes"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Globes" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/g/gloominess.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Gloominess"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Gloominess" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>