Ezekiel 32:8

8 omnia luminaria caeli maerere faciam super te et dabo tenebras super terram tuam dicit Dominus Deus

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.''


FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 32:8 In-Context

6 et inrigabo terram pedore sanguinis tui super montes et valles implebuntur ex te
7 et operiam cum extinctus fueris caelos et nigrescere faciam stellas eius solem nube tegam et luna non dabit lumen suum
8 omnia luminaria caeli maerere faciam super te et dabo tenebras super terram tuam dicit Dominus Deus
9 et inritabo cor populorum multorum cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis
10 et stupescere faciam super te populos multos et reges eorum horrore nimio formidabunt super te cum volare coeperit gladius meus super facies eorum et obstupescent repente singuli pro anima sua in die ruinae suae
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.