9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-10)God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them, I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luke 18:2) that neither feared God nor regarded man . 1. Observe them in their devotions, and you will say, “They had no reverence for God.” Bad as they are, they do indeed keep up a show and form of godliness; they observe the sab…
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