of darknesse and of gloominesse] Of affliction and trouble: and it may be he hath relation to the coming of these creatures in great swarmes, whereby the aire may be darkened, vers. 10.
spread upon the mountains] Which shall in an instant cover the whole countrey, even as the morning, or morning clouds and mists spread abroad on a sudden over the tops of hills.
a great people] Chap. 1. 6. & 2. 11. 25.
there hath not been] Exodus 10:14.
of many generations] Heb. of generation and generation.