1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Joel 2:10 | At their presence the earth hath trembled, the heavens are moved: *the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining. Isaias 13:10.; Ezechiel 32:7.; Joel 3:15.; Matthew 24:29.; Mark 13:24.; Luke 21:25. | Shining. The cloud of locusts intercepts the light; or, people in distress think all nature is in confusion. (St. Jerome; Ezechiel xxxii.; Jeremias 4:23.) --- Aloysius (13.) saw locusts in the air for the space of twelve miles; and among the Cossacks, clouds of them may be found six leagues in length and three in breadth. They frequently occasion a famine in Ethiopia. (Calmet) |