bright lights of heaven: Heb. lights of the light in heaven, Genesis 1:14
dark: Heb. them dark, Proverbs 20:20
set darkness upon: Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.
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Ezekiel 32:8
Ezekiel 32:8
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