Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
much pained--namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, "More terrible than the locusts."
faces shall gather blackness-- (Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Nahum 2:10). MAURER translates, "withdraw their brightness," that is, wax pale, lose color (compare Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 8:21
Lamentations 4:8
Joel 1:15
Nahum 2:10
Revelation 9:9
Revelation 9:12
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