32:8-10
So there is talk of cosmic signs here (and in v7). We should note that in the Bible they are associated with judgement on the nations, and there is a string case for saying the signs are used metaphorically and do not indicate that actual cosmic signs will take place. I have some sympathy with this view, and we should certainly not go overboard on physical signs, but at the same time I do not think that we can rule out actual cosmis signs occurring completely.
We also see that all this had a deep effect on people. It would clearly have an effect on the people of Egypt, but it would also affect people in surrounding lands. We tend to assume that things will always carry on as they always have done. So the power of a certain country is assumed to be a fixture in the landscape. When this country’s power proves not to be as great as the nation claimed, nor as we assumed it was, then this makes us feel insecure.
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