7<\/strong>. put thee out<\/em> ] i.e. extinguish thee. Pharaoh is regarded as a brilliant luminary; cf. Isa 14:12<\/span>, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O shining one, morning star!” It is doubtful if there is any ref. to the constellation of the dragon. The dragon (Job 3:8<\/span>; Job 9:13<\/span>; Job 26:12<\/span>) is not a constellation but a purely ideal representation of the eclipse or the storm-cloud which swallows up the lights of heaven. The phenomena in the verse are those usually characteristic of the dissolution of nature on the day of the Lord (Isa 13:10<\/span>; Joe 2:31<\/span>; Joe 3:15<\/span>; Amo 8:9<\/span>); but here they express rather the shock which creation receives when one so great meets with destruction.<\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. I will cover the heaven<\/B><\/I>] Destroy the empire<\/I>.<\/P> <\/P> Make the stars thereof dark<\/B><\/I>] Overwhelm all the dependent states<\/I>.<\/P> <\/P> I will cover the sun<\/B><\/I>] The king<\/I> himself.<\/P> <\/P> And the moon shall not give her light.<\/B><\/I>] The queen<\/I> may be meant, or some state<\/I> less than the kingdom.<\/P> <\/p>\n Put thee out; <\/B>as a torch is extinguished, Isa 43:17<\/span>, so I will put out thy light, and turn thee into darkness. <\/P> Cover the heaven; <\/B>either by dark vapours that arise from blood and putrefying carcasses, which darken the heavens; or it is a description of great sorrows, fears, troubles, and perplexities; or else it may intimate particularly the total ruin of the whole kingdom, in which the best, greatest, and noblest parts are; as heaven suppose the government, the sun the king, the moon the queen, the stars the princes and nobles, bright lights the most eminent of the subjects for wisdom and understanding, and then the land the common people: all shall be covered with clouds, and darkness of misery first, and sorrow next. Or it is possible that some unusual darknesses might be seen in the heavens and on the earth about that time. <\/P> <\/p>\n 7. put thee out<\/B>extinguish thylight (Job 18:5<\/span>). Pharaoh isrepresented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whose light inthe political sky the whole heavenly host is shrouded in sympatheticdarkness. Here, too, as in Eze32:6<\/span>, there is an allusion to the supernatural darkness sentformerly (Ex 10:21-23<\/span>).The heavenly bodies are often made images of earthly dynasties(Isa 13:10<\/span>; Mat 24:29<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And when I shall put thee out<\/strong>,…. 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,<\/p>\n Job 18:5<\/span>:<\/p>\n I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark<\/strong>; 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 destruction of this monarch and his monarchy:<\/p>\n I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light<\/strong>; all which figures are sometimes made use of to denote the dissolution of kingdoms and states: the “heaven” being an emblem of a kingdom itself; the “sun” of an emperor or king, or kingly power; the “moon” of the queen, or of the priesthood; the “stars” of nobles, princes, counsellors, and such like eminent persons, useful in government; who being destroyed or removed, the light and glory, the prosperity and happiness of a kingdom, are gone; see<\/p>\n Isa 13:10<\/span>. The Targum is,<\/p>\n “tribulation shall cover thee when I shall extinguish the splendour of the glory of thy kingdom from heaven; and the people of thine army shall be lessened, who are many as the stars; a king with his army shall cover thee as a cloud that ascends and covers the sun, and as the moon, whose light does not shine in the day.”<\/p>\n (7) Make the stars thereof dark.<\/strong>This verse follows very closely Isa. 13:10<\/span>, spoken of Babylon. In this and the following verse the judgments of God are described in the common prophetic figure of changes in the heavenly bodies. (See Note on Eze. 30:18<\/span>, and references there.)<\/p>\n 7, 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> Instead of dark <\/strong> read “black.” <\/p>\n Put thee out <\/strong> That is, extinguish. <\/em> This imagery of calamity and sorrow is very common among all oriental nations. (See especially Joe 2:10<\/span>; Joe 2:13<\/span>; Joe 3:15<\/span>; Amo 8:9<\/span>.)<\/p>\n “And when I blot you out I will cover the heavens,<\/p>\n And make their stars dark,<\/p>\n I will cover the sun with a cloud,<\/p>\n And the moon will not give her light.<\/p>\n All the bright lights of heaven will I darken over you,<\/p>\n And set darkness on your land,<\/p>\n Says the Lord Yahweh.”<\/p>\n This is not strictly the language of apocalyptic but it is comparative. Here, however, it is certainly by natural means (‘with a cloud’). The demise of Pharaoh and the greatness of Egypt is so great an event that even nature responds to it. It is so solemn that it must be accompanied by the lights going out. Sun, moon and stars will respond to the moment. It reminds us of another time when the lights in Egypt went out at the exodus (Exo 10:21-23<\/span>). And it is the same God has intervened again. It had added significance in that Pharaoh was believed to be connected with the sun god, thus his supposed relatives will mourn for him.<\/p>\n Eze 32:7-8<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>I will cover the heaven, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> See Isa 24:23<\/span>; Isa 30:26<\/span> where the same metaphors are used, to denote the downfal of states and governments. <\/p>\n Eze 32:7 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. And when I shall put thee out.<\/strong> ] Or, Extinguish thee, who art for thy power and glory as one of the world’s great luminaries. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n I will cover the heaven, a<\/em> &c.] So great a fume, or rather so vile a snuff, shall exhale, that the heavens shall seem to be muffled, &c. It shall be once again deep darkness over all the land of Egypt; another hyperbole. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Hypallage poetica.<\/em> <\/p>\n put thee out = extinguish thee. <\/p>\n I will cover, &c. Compare Isa 13:10; Isa 14:12. Joe 2:10; Joe 3:15. Amo 8:9. Rev 6:12-14. <\/p>\n put thee out: or, extinguish thee, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Pro 13:9 <\/p>\n I will cover the heaven: Destroy the empire. Eze 30:3, Eze 30:18, Exo 10:21-23, Isa 13:10, Isa 34:4, Jer 13:16, Joe 2:2, Joe 2:31, Joe 3:15, Amo 8:9, Mat 24:29, Rev 6:12, Rev 6:13 <\/p>\n make: Overwhelm the dependent states. <\/p>\n the sun: The king. <\/p>\n the moon: The queen, or some state less than the kingdom. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 1:14 – and let Job 9:7 – sealeth Isa 5:30 – if one look Isa 24:23 – the moon Jer 4:23 – the heavens Lam 2:1 – covered Joe 2:10 – the sun Mar 13:24 – General Luk 21:25 – signs Rev 8:12 – and the third part of the sun<\/p>\n Eze 32:7. The literal things predicted are the overthrow of Pharaoh and the slaying of his people. Put thee out is rendered “extinguish in the margin of the Bible and tiie lexicon agrees with it. This national blackout Is ex-pressed in the figurative use of terms connected with the natural universe.<\/p>\n Eze 32:7-10. And when I shall put thee out When I shall cast thee down from thy power, and extinguish all thy glory. I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark It is well known that the downfall of states and kingdoms, kings and princes, is often expressed in the Scriptures by these or such like metaphors: see notes on Isa 13:10; Isa 24:23; Isa 30:26. But here the expressions may mean, I will make every thing look sad and dismal, or will cause a universal sorrow; for to men amidst great calamities and afflictions every thing appears dark and gloomy, and even the light itself seems little different from darkness; and therefore it is usual to express a state of great sorrow by the heavens being covered, and the stars darkened. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee I will involve thy whole land in trouble and distress, making every thing in it look dismal. I will vex the hearts, &c., when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations When thy exiles shall be dispersed into foreign countries, (see Eze 29:12,) and relate the miserable circumstances of thy destruction, it shall cause grief and consternation in all that hear it. Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings, &c. The kings and princes of Africa, who lay near to Egypt, seem here to be spoken of; for the destruction of Egypt could not but fill them with fear for themselves, lest the victor should make them suffer the same fate.<\/p>\n 32:7 And when I shall {f} put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.<\/p>\n (f) The word signifies to be put out as a candle is put out.<\/p>\n At the time God did this, He would darken the skies over Egypt so the light of the sun, moon, and stars would not shine on the land (cf. Joe 2:10; Joe 2:31; Rev 8:12-13). This announcement recalls the plague of darkness that the Lord sent before the Exodus (Exo 10:21-23). He would again humiliate the gods that the Egyptians credited with bringing light and providing life.<\/p>\n "The overthrow of Egypt was a prelude [or foreview], as it were, to the destruction of world rule in the last days." [Note: Feinberg, p. 183.] <\/span><\/p>\n 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. 7. put thee out ] i.e. extinguish thee. Pharaoh is regarded as a brilliant luminary; cf. 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