8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Other Translations of Ezekiel 32:8

King James Version

8 All the bright bright...: Heb. lights of the light in heaven lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

English Standard Version

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord GOD.

The Message

8 I'll turn out every light in the sky above you and put your land in the dark. Decree of God, the Master.

New King James Version

8 All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,' Says the Lord God.

New Living Translation

8 I will darken the bright stars overhead and cover your land in darkness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 32:8

Commentary on Ezekiel 32:1-16

(Read Ezekiel 32:1-16)

It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this world, will wonder at the ruin of that pomp; which to those who know the vanity of all things here below, is no surprise. When others are ruined by sin, we have to fear, knowing ourselves guilty. The instruments of the desolation are formidable. And the instances of the desolation are frightful. The waters of Egypt shall run like oil, which signifies there should be universal sadness and heaviness upon the whole nation. God can soon empty those of this world's goods who have the greatest fulness of them. By enlarging the matters of our joy, we increase the occasions of our sorrow. How weak and helpless, as to God, are the most powerful of mankind! The destruction of Egypt was a type of the destruction of the enemies of Christ.