Ezekiel 32:8

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

7When 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.

9‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 32:2-17

The Fall of Egypt; Lamentation for Pharaoh. ( b. c. 587.) 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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