And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ver. 7. And when I shall put thee out.] Or, Extinguish thee, who art for thy power and glory as one of the world's great luminaries.
I will cover the heaven, a &c.] So great a fume, or rather so vile a snuff, shall exhale, that the heavens shall seem to be muffled, &c. It shall be once again deep darkness over all the land of Egypt; another hyperbole.
a Hypallage poetica.