Isaiah 50:3
“I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I clothe the heavens with blackness,.... With gross and thick darkness; perhaps referring to the three days' darkness…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I clothe the heavens with blackness - With the dark clouds of a tempest - perhaps with an allusion to the remarkable…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 50:1-3
Those who have professed to be the people of God, and yet seem to be dealt severely with, are apt to complain of God,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Comp. Exo 10:21 with blackness with murky storm-clouds. The word, which occurs only here, denotes (like sackcloth in the…
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