10. stars, &c.--figuratively for anarchy, distress, and
revolutions of kingdoms
(Isa 34:4;
Joe 2:10;
Eze 32:7, 8;
Am 8:9;
Re 6:12-14).
There may be a literal fulfilment finally, shadowed forth
under this imagery
(Re 21:1).
constellations--Hebrew, "a fool," or "impious one"; applied to
the constellation Orion, which was represented as an impious giant
(Nimrod deified, the founder of Babylon) chained to the sky.
See on
Job 38:31.
JFB.
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