The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 7:3

1830 Edition

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Influences

Isaiah 50:3 (KJV)
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Simple English

I cover the heavens with darkness. I make them black as cloth.

Paraphrase

I can cover the sky with storm clouds and wrap the heavens in darkness.