Ezekiel 32:8 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 32:8

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

BSB

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ASV

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And set darkness upon thy land - As I did when a former king refused to let my people go to the wilderness to worship me. I will involve thee, and thy house, and thy people, and the whole land, in desolation and wo.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מְא֤וֹרֵי	me.'o.rei	[the] luminaries of	H3974 →
אוֹר֙	'Or	light	H216 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם	ba.sha.Ma.yim	in the heavens	H8064 →
אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם	'ak.di.Rem	I will darken them	H6937 →
עָלֶ֑יךָ	'a.Lei.kha	over you	H5921 →
וְנָתַ֤תִּי	ve.na.Ta.ti	and I will put	H5414 →
חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙	cho.shekh	darkness	H2822 →
עַֽל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
אַרְצְךָ֔	'ar.tze.Kha	land your	H776 →
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 1:14
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
leads to
- Psalms 104:19–20
  He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- Deuteronomy 4:19
  When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
- Jeremiah 31:35
  Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the…
- Psalms 74:16–17
  The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
- Psalms 148:3
  Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Through
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
leads to
- Exodus 21:17
  Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 30:11
  There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Proverbs 30:17
  As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel