25 "There will be signs in sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, at the roaring and tossing of the sea;*‘The sea’ is sometimes used as a metaphor for the human population. 26 men fainting from fear and expectation of the things coming on the inhabited earth—because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.*See Revelation 12:7-12.