Ezekiel 32:7

Ezekiel 32:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.

Context of Ezekiel 32:7

5I will put the meat of your body on the mountains. Your bones will fill the valleys. 6I will make the ground wet with your blood. It will pour out of you, up to the mountains. And it will fill the deep valleys. When I completely destroy you, I will cover the sky and make the stars become dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud. The moon will no longer give any light. 8I will make the sky over you become dark, with no lights in it. Your whole country will become dark. That is what the Almighty Lord says. 9When many other nations know that I have destroyed you, they will be afraid. Foreign nations that you do not know will be very upset.

Ezekiel 32:7 word by word

וְכִסֵּיתִ֤י בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י אֶת־כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בֶּעָנָ֣ן אֲכַסֶּ֔נּוּ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹא־יָאִ֥יר אוֹרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when I shall put thee outכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
• I will coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and makeקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• with a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• and the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• shall not giveאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
• her lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:7

• Job 18:5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
• Proverbs 13:9Righteous people have joy that shines like a bright light. But wicked people have a light that will quickly go out.
• Ezekiel 30:3Yes, that day will be very soon. It is the day of the Lord. It will be a day of dark clouds, when the Lord will punish the nations.
• Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Lift up your hand towards the sky. Then it will become dark over the whole country of Egypt. It will be so dark that people will be able to feel it.’
• Isaiah 13:10When he does that, the stars in the sky will give no light. When the sun rises in the morning, it will still be dark. The moon will no longer shine.
• Isaiah 34:4The stars in the sky will slowly disappear. The sky will close up like a book. All the stars will fall, like dry leaves that fall from a vine. They will drop like figs from a fig tree, when they become dry.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give honour to the Lord your God, before it is too late. Do it before he makes everywhere become dark. Then you will fall down, like someone who walks on the mountains at night. You may hope for light to come, but God will make it completely dark.
• Joel 2:2That day will be sad and dark. There will be dark clouds. A great big army is coming. It comes across the sky like light in the morning. A great army like this has never come before. And it will never come again in future years.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will become dark. The stars will not shine.
• Amos 8:9The Lord God says, ‘At that time, I will make the sun go down at noon. I will make the earth become dark in the daytime.
• Matthew 24:29Then after all these bad things have happened, “The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more. Stars will fall out of the sky. And the powerful things in the sky will shake.”
• Revelation 6:12I watched again. I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal. Then the ground shook with a great earthquake. The sun became black like thick black cloth. The whole moon became red like blood.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will cover the heaven - Destroy the empire. Make the stars thereof dark - Overwhelm all the dependent states. I will cover the sun - The king himself. And the moon shall not give her light - The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8As in the previous chapter, Pharaoh’s downfall would bring global darkness and widespread mourning. These images were often linked to the day of the Lord (see Joel 2:30). In this case, the darkness would also remind the Egyptians of the plague during the exodus (Exodus 10:21–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. put thee out--extinguish thy light (Job 18:5). Pharaoh is represented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whose light in the political sky the whole heavenly host is shrouded in sympathetic darkness. Here, too, as in Eze 32:6, there is an allusion to the supernatural darkness sent formerly (Ex 10:21-23). The heavenly bodies are often made images of earthly dynasties (Is 13:10; Mt 24:29).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings