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Ezekiel 32:7
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through Ezekiel to pronounce judgment on a ruler whose blood will fill the land and ravines. The declaration occurs within a broader oracle describing the complete collapse of a nation’s power.
The words — כִסֵּיתִי (khi.sei.Ti) translates to “I will cover,” and הִקְדַּרְתִּי (hik.dar.Ti) means “I will darken.” These verbs frame the cosmic signs that accompany the target’s destruction.
The thread — The same celestial darkening motif appears in Joel 2:31, Matthew 24:29, and Isaiah 13:10. Each reference ties the withdrawal of heavenly light to divine judgment or eschatological events.
Why it lands — The text declares that the ruler’s extinction will trigger the covering of the heavens, darkening of stars, and withholding of solar and lunar light. It requires the reader to recognize that natural order is subordinate to divine decree rather than an independent system.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joel 2:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 34:4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
- Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- Exodus 10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Job 18:5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.