Ezekiel 32:8

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and ¹put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 32:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee,
&c.] Or, "all the lights of the light" ^F1; the rest of the luminaries of heaven; the other five planets, as Kimchi, besides the sun and moon: and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God;
as there must needs be, the sun, moon, and stars, and all the lights of heaven, being darkened above: there seems to be an allusion to the thick darkness that was formerly over the land of Egypt; and this is a figure and representation of that darkness that shall be in the kingdom of the beast, or spiritual Egypt, yet to come; see ( Exodus 10:21 ) ( Revelation 16:10 ) . The Targum is, ``tribulation as darkness shall cover thy land.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (rwa yrwam lk) "omnia luminaria lucis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius.

Ezekiel 32:8 In-Context

6 I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you.

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.

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God.

9 “I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known.

10 I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

Cross References

• 1. 32:8 [Ex. 10:21; Isa. 5:30]