And it shall come to pass in that day,
says the Lord GOD,
that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth on a clear day:
All Commentaries on Amos 8:9 Go To Amos 8
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Light. Usher (the year of the world 3213.) explains this of an eclipse, at Pentecost. The Fathers generally understand that which accompanied the death of Christ; but it only implies great desolation and terror, Jeremias xv. 9., and Joel iii. 11. (St. Jerome) (Calmet)
In their greatest prosperity, calamities shall unexpectedly fall upon them. (Worthington)
