10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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:
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
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. …
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-18)We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon it. Those that were now secure and easy were bidden to howl and make sad lamentation; for, I. God was about to appear in wrath against them, and it is a fearful thing to fall into his hands: The day of the Lord is a…
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