John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 32:8

"All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 32:8 (ASV)

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee , &c.] Or, "all the lights of the light" ^F1 ; the rest of the luminaries of heaven; the other five planets, as Kimchi, besides the sun and moon: and set darkness upon thy land, says 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) (Revelation 16:10) . The Targum is, ``tribulation as darkness shall cover thy land.''

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: (rwa yrwam lk) "omnia luminaria lucis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius.