The sun will no longer set and the moon will not wane because YHWH will be Zion's light forever and the days of mourning will be ended establishes perpetual illumination and permanent joy. The cessation of mourning represents eschatological transformation: suffering and its attendant darkness end. The permanence of divine light—lasting forever—contrasts with the cyclical nature of celestial bodies. This verse completes the light-imagery sequence: YHWH's light is eternal, inexhaustible, and completely sustaining. The theological claim—that divine presence itself illuminates—became influential in Johannine mystical theology.

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