rendered Orion, and by the Septuagint here; which is one of the constellations, and one of the brightest; and the word being here in the plural number, the sense may be, were there ever so many Orions in the heavens, they should none of them give light.
The Targum and Jarchi interpret it of the planets:the sun shall be darkened in his going forth; as soon as it rises, when it goes forth out of its chamber, as in Ps 19:5 either by an eclipse of it, or by dark clouds covering it:and the moon shall not cause her light to shine: by night, which she borrows from the sun; so that it would be very uncomfortable, day and night, neither sun, moon, nor stars appearing, see Ac 27:20 by the sun, moon, and stars, may be meant king, queen, and nobles, whose destruction is here prophesied of; it being usual in prophetic language, as well as in other writers , to express great personages hereby.
"Solem Asiae Brutum appellat, stellasque salubres appellat comites", Hor. Serm. 1. Satyr.