Ezekiel 32:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ezekiel 32:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set (g) darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. (g) By this manner of speech is meant the great sorrow that will be for the slaugh...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Dirge over Pharaoh. A dirge is now sung over Pharaoh, in which he is likened, as before ( Ezekiel 29:3 ), to a crocodile brutal and turbulent; but Yahweh will catch him in His net, and hurl his...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bright lights . light. bearers. Ref, to Pentateuch ( Genesis 1:14 ). App-92, Hebrew. ma'or . saith the Lord GOD . [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
Ezekiel 32:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. And set darkness upon thy land - As I did when a former king refused to let my people g...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will cover the heaven, &c.— See Isaiah 24:23 ; Isaiah 30:26 where the same metaphors are used, to denote the downfal of states and governments.
Ezekiel 32:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Ezekiel 32:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Two Lamentations for Pharaoh and Egypt This chapter consists of two prophecies, both dated more than a year and a half after the capture of Jerusalem, and separated from each other by a fortnight....
Ezekiel 32:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EGYPT Ezekiel 29:1-21 ; Ezekiel 30:1-26 ; Ezekiel 31:1-18 ; Ezekiel 32:1-32 EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once...
Ezekiel 32:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The sixth prophecy followed the fifth after an interval of nearly two years, but was closely associated with it, in that it consisted of a lamentation for Pharaoh whose doom was first described as th...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I cannot but believe, though the thing is not plainly revealed, that the Lord hath in this place a spiritual meaning, and which is principally intended by these scriptures. Surely Ezekiel ministry wo...
Ezekiel 32:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee ,.... Or, "all the lights of the light" a; the rest of the luminaries of heaven; the other five planets, as Kimchi, besides the sun and moo...
Ezekiel 32:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 8. All the bright lights of heaven. ] See Ezekiel 32:7 . All this shall befall...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when I shall put thee out When I shall cast thee down from thy power, and extinguish all thy glory. I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark It is well known that the downfall...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Fall of Egypt; Lamentation for Pharaoh. B. C. 587. 1 And it came to pass in the twel...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These two foregoing verses contain the same thing four times with a little variation, repeated to affect the hearers, and to impress it the more deeply on their minds.
Ezekiel 32:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Oracle. A Lament Over Pharaoh and Egypt ( Ezekiel 32:1-16 ). The date of the oracle is March 585 BC. It follows the destruction of Jerusalem. The versions vary, seeking to alter the date...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PROPHETIC DIRGES OVER EGYPT’S FALL (Chap. 32) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 32:1 . “In the twelfth year” —in the twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiakin: Jerusalem was by this time overthrow...
Ezekiel 32:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 32:2 . Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh, compose a funeral elegy for Egypt. Send out thy letters to Egypt as Jeremiah wrote to Babylon, and give them a space for repenta...
Ezekiel 32:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 32:1 In the twelfth year , etc. March, B.C. 584, nineteen months attar the destruction of Jerusalem. The two sections of the chapter, Ezekiel 32:1-26 and Ezekiel 32:1...
Ezekiel 32:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lament over the King of Egypt
Ezekiel 32:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:14 ; Proverbs 20:20

Ezekiel 32:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 32:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 32:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 32:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 32:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 32:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 32:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 32:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge