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Isaiah 50:3

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Jerome

And what follows: I will clothe the heavens in darkness, and its covering will be like sackcloth; or everything that is above us, let us understand as heaven, just as those flying creatures that are in the air are called celestial; and the opposing powers are said to be celestial, which move between heaven and earth. Or certainly, the heavens are clothed in darkness when they are covered with clouds. According to what is written: Who covers the heavens with clouds, and gives rain to the earth (Psalm 147:8). …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, he shows signs of his power in the heavens: I will clothe the aerial heavens with darkness, as in Egypt (Exod 10:21); who covers the heaven with clouds (Ps 146:8).

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