Ezekiel 32:8

8 "All the shining ¹lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set 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 also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you.

7 "And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

8 "All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD.

9 "I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

10 "I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall."

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 1:14