Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
stars, etc.—figuratively for anarchy, distress, and revolutions of kingdoms (Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; Ezekiel 32:7-8; Amos 8:9; Revelation 6:12-14). There may be a literal fulfilment finally, shadowed forth under this imagery (Revelation 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 13:10:
Ecclesiastes 12:2
Isaiah 13:9
Isaiah 13:9
Ezekiel 32:7
Mark 13:25
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