The portion begins with God’s creation of the world and of man, but by the end (6:6-7) God regretted that He had made them. However, through one man (Noach – 6:8), God brought salvation to the world.
Verse 29
Isaiah 13:10-11 [Part of God’s oracle concerning the destruction of Babylon] Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine. I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their iniquities. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
Ezekiel 32:7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Isaiah 34:4 All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The sky will roll up like a scroll, and its stars will all wither as leaves wither on the vine, and foliage on the fig tree.
Joel 2:10 The earth quakes before them; the sky shakes. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars cease their shining.
Haggai 2:6 For Adonai of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
Verse 30
Daniel 7:13-14 I continued watching in the night visions, and suddenly one like a son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was escorted before Him. 14 He was given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom; so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.
Zecheriah 12:10-12 “Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. [Rev. 1:7] They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan’s house by itself and their women by themselves;
Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of Him. Even so. Amen.
Verse 31
Isaiah 27:12-13 On that day Adonai will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one. 13 On that day a great shofar will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship Adonai at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
Amidah: “Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise high the banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four quarters of the earth. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gathers the dispersed of His people Israel.”
Deuteronomy 30:3-5 Then Adonai your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and He will gather you again from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you. 4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there Adonai your God will gather you, and from there He will take you. 5 And Adonai your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers.
Nehemiah 1:9 But if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make My name dwell there.’