Ezekiel 32:7-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-16

Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Ezek. 32:2. It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in order thereunto, to be frequent in taking up lamentations for the fall and ruin of sinners, as those that have not desired, but dreaded, the woeful day. Note, Ministers that would affect others with the things of God must make it appear that they are themselves affected with the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves by their sins.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall put thee out ,.... As a candle is put out, or some great light or blazing torch is extinguished; such was the king of Egypt in his splendour and glory; but now should be like a lamp put out in obscure darkness, and all his brightness and glory removed from him, Job 18:5 , I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark ; with the smoke that should arise at the extinguishing of this lamp; or they should be covered with mourning, or clad in black, at the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:8

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee ,.... Or, "all the lights of the light" F1 כל מאורי אור "omnia luminaria lucis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. ; the rest of the luminaries of heaven; the other five planets, as Kimchi, besides the sun and moon: and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God ; as there must needs be, the sun, moon, and stars, and all the lights of heaven, being darkened above: there seems to be an allusion to the thick darkness... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:7

I 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 more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:8

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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

Judgment on a proud king. The mightiest king is not irresponsible. Although he may find no authority on earth to exercise control over him, he shall find that an unseen Power holds him in check, and chastises his oppressions. From the ubiquity of God's scepter he cannot escape. We have here described— I. A MONSTER OF MISCHIEF . He is represented as "a young lion of the nations," as "a whale in the seas." He is noteworthy, not for intellectual or manly qualities, but merely for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

God's teaching in history. As the prophet continues his utterance in the same strain, our thought is directed to the same class of truths, and we learn— I. THAT GREAT SINNERS ARE GREAT TROUBLERS . Egypt was a young lion among the nations, fierce, dangerous, dreaded ( Ezekiel 32:2 ). It was a crocodile in the river, "breaking forth," " troubling the waters," and "fouling" them ( Ezekiel 32:2 ). Great cities like Rome and Sparta, powerful kingdoms like Assyria anti... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7

When I shall put thee out ; better, with the Revised Version, extinguish . The verb is used of lamps in 2 Chronicles 29:7 . The change of metaphor is at first startling, but I follow Ewald, Hitzig, and Smend, in thinking that there is a traceable sequence of ideas. The "dragon of the Egyptian waters" suggested the "dragon" which was conspicuous between Ursa Major and Minor among the constellations of the heavens, and the name of which, probably derived by the Greek astronomers from a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7-10

The sympathy of nature and of man with a fallen people. The greatness of the catastrophe by which Egypt is to be overwhelmed is depicted by the prophet in a strikings, and poetical manner. It is represented that an impression is made thereby upon the heavenly bodies by which the earth is illumined, and upon the nations and kings who are astonished witnesses of the overthrow of one of the greatest monarchies of the world. I. THE LUMINARIES OF THE DAY AND OF THE NIGHT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:8

Lights darkened. I. MAN CANNOT DISPENSE WITH LIGHTS OF HEAVEN . He may never look up. Yet he cannot live without the light that comes from over his head. In spiritual experience there are men who ignore the light above and the very existence of the heavenly world. Yet they are not the less largely dependent on those higher influences. If the sun were blotted out, all life on our globe would perish in darkness and cold—the world reduced to a block of silent frozen matter. If... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:8

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