Ezekiel 32:8

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, 1 and I will put darkness over your land—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

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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

7Then when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; 1 I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon will not shine its light. 1

9So I will terrify the heart of many peoples in lands that you do not know, when I bring about your collapse among the nations, among lands that you have not known. + 32:9 Instead of when I bring about your collapse among the nations , some ancient and modern versions have when I take you into captivity among the nations .

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Cross References

Exodus 10:22Moses reached out with his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Isaiah 13:10The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light. 1 The sun will be darkened even from dawn, and the moon will not shine. 1

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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