For 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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Gill's Exposition
For the stars of heaven,.... This and what follows are to be understood, not literally, but figuratively, as expressive of the dismalness and gloominess of the dispensation, of the horror and terror…
Barnes' Notes
For the stars of heaven - This verse cannot be understood literally, but is a metaphorical representation of the calamities that were coming upon Babylon The meaning of the figure evidently is, that…
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…
Cambridge Bible
"The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light," Amo 5:18.
the constellations thereof The Heb. word (kěsîl) is used in the singular in Amo 5:8; Job 9:9; Job 38:31, of a particular constellation,…
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