I will cause the sun to go down - Darkness is heaviest and blackest in contrast with the brightest light; sorrow is saddest when it comes up…

Darken the earth.— The darkening of the sun at noon-day gives an image of confusion and terror . The eclipse of the sun that is he…

The Prophet speaks here metaphorically of the punishments that were then near at hand for the people. Since prosperity and success deceived the Isr…

And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God When this deluge and desolation of the land shall be, now spoken…

The rich and powerful of the land were the most guilty of oppre ion, as well as the foremost in idolatry. They were weary of the restraints of the …