For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
The stars ... shall not give their light ... - figurative for anarchy, distress, and revolutions of kingdoms (Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; Ezekiel 32:7-8; Amos 8:9; Revelation 6:12-14). There may be a literal fulfillment finally, shadowed forth under this imagery (Revelation 21:1).
And the constellations - Hebrew, kªciyl (H3684), a fool, or impious one; applied to the constellation Orion, who was represented as an impious giant (Nimrod deified, the founder of Babylon) chained to the sky. See note, Job 38:31.