Isaiah 50:3 (ESV)ExpositionWhy is the image of the heavens being blackened and covered with sackcloth appropriate? ShareInformationReading ListEnglishIsaiah 50:3 (ESV)3 I clothe the heavens with blackness and make sackcloth their covering.”The prophet’s image of the heavens being clothed with darkness and sackcloth clothing is a fitting symbol of the Lord’s power to judge and deliver.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness and make sackcloth their covering.”