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D&C 112:23 · Isaiah 60:2

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 112:23
"darkness covereth the earth, and gross darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before my face."
Old Testament Isaiah 60:2
"For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people"

Shared words: the earth, and gross darkness the

The prophetic verse is future, the revelation present; the revelation inserts 'the minds of' into 'gross darkness the people'; the prophet's second half — the Lord arising, the glory seen — has no counterpart in the revelation, which turns to corruption and a coming day of wrath (112:24). 'gross darkness' stands at three distinct frozen verses in the corpus: these two and Jeremiah 13:16.