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The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
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Verse 10. Shining. The cloud of locusts intercepts the light; or, people in distress think all nature is in confusion. Saint Jerome Ezec. xxxii. Jer. iv. 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.
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