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Ezequiel 32:8
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Todos los astros brillantes del cielo oscureceré por causa tuya, y pondré tinieblas sobre tu tierra —declara el Señor Dios .
Haré entenebrecer todas las lumbreras del cielo por ti, y pondré tinieblas sobre tu tierra, dice Jehová el Señor.
Todas las lumbreras de luz haré entenebrecer en el cielo por ti, y pondré tinieblas sobre tu tierra, dijo el Señor DIOS.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
bright lights of heaven: Heb. lights of the light in heaven, Genesis 1:14
dark: Heb. them dark, Proverbs 20:20
set darkness upon: Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.
Reciprocal: Job 38:19 - darkness Isaiah 5:30 - if one look Isaiah 13:10 - General Isaiah 24:23 - the moon Isaiah 34:4 - all the Isaiah 45:7 - create darkness Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens Lamentations 2:1 - covered Matthew 24:29 - shall the Luke 21:25 - signs Revelation 6:12 - the sun Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun
Gill's Notes on the Bible
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee,.... Or, "all the lights of the light" a; 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. The Targum is,
"tribulation as darkness shall cover thy land.''
a כל מאורי אור "omnia luminaria lucis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 32:8. And set darkness upon thy land — As I did when a former king refused to let my people go to the wilderness to worship me. I will involve thee, and thy house, and thy people, and the whole land, in desolation and wo.
