Ezekiel 32:8 · KJV
“All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. {bright...: Heb. lights of the light in heaven} {dark: Heb. them dark}”
— Ezekiel 32:8
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. {put...: or, extinguish thee}
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. {vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief}
Ezekiel 32 — Context
I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, {even} to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. {the land wherein...: or, the land of thy swimming}
7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. {put...: or, extinguish thee}
8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. {bright...: Heb. lights of the light in heaven} {dark: Heb. them dark}
9I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. {vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief}
10Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at {every} moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
Cross References
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night}
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
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