New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 32:7
7And when I 1extinguish you, I will 2cover the heavens and darken their 3stars; I will cover the 4sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.
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 lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse. 6I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you. And when I extinguish you, 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. 8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land,” Declares the Lord God. 9“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:7 word by word
וְכִסֵּיתִ֤י בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וְהִקְדַּרְתִּ֖י אֶת־כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בֶּעָנָ֣ן אֲכַסֶּ֔נּוּ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹא־יָאִ֥יר אוֹרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- extinguishכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
- coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and darkenקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
- sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
- with a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
- And the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
- will not giveאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
- its lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:7
- Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out.
- Ezekiel 30:3For the day is near, Indeed, the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.
- Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”
- Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
- Isaiah 34:4And all the heavenly lights will wear away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All its lights will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations.
- Joel 3:15The sun and moon have become dark, And the stars have lost their brightness.
- Amos 8:9And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And make the earth dark in broad daylight.
- Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- Revelation 6:12And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became 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
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