요한계시록 9:7-9 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:1-12

Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven; but who this is expositors do not agree. Some understand it of Boniface the third bishop of Rome, who assumed the title of universal bishop, by the favour of the emperor Phocas, who, being... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 9:3-12

9:3-12 From the smoke locusts came forth upon the earth, and they were given power like the power of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only such men as had not the seal of God upon their forehead. They were not permitted to kill them, but to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man; and in those days men will seek for death and not be able to find it;... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 9:3-12

Hebrew has a number of different names for the locust which reveal its destructive power. It is called gazam ( Hebrew #1501 ), the lopper or the shearer, which describes how it shears all living vegetation from the earth; it is called 'arbeh ( Hebrew #697 ), the swarmer, which describes the immensity of its numbers; it is called hasil, the finisher, which describes the devastation it causes; it is called caal'am ( Hebrew #5556 ), the swallower or the annihilator; it is called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses ,.... The heads of locusts, especially of some of them, are very much like the heads of horses: and here they are compared to horses prepared unto battle ; as they are in Joel 2:4 . The horse is a warlike creature, swift, strong, and courageous, Job 39:21 . Locusts sometimes have appeared in the form of armies, and have marched in great order with their leaders before them, and have pitched their camps very regularly; see Joel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:8

And they had hair, as the hair of women ,.... Some locusts have smooth, others hairy heads F14 Gloss. in T. Bab. Cholin. fol. 65. 1. : this fitly points at the Arabians or Saracens, who, as Pliny says F15 Hist. Nat. l. 6. c. 28. , used to wear long hair without cutting it, and attired as women, and have their names also from women: they were called Hagarenes, from Hagar, Abraham's handmaid, by whom he had Ishmael, the father of these people; afterwards they took the name of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:9

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ,.... Alluding to the hard skin of the locusts, with which nature has fenced it F17 Claudian. Epigram. 13. ; see Joel 2:8 ; and denotes the armour with which the Saracens were accoutred: and if to be understood of the western locusts, the hardness of their hearts, their seared consciences, or their protection by the princes of the earth, the many privileges they are possessed of, the laws made in their favour, and for their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:7

The locusts were like unto horses - This description of the locusts appears to be taken from Joel 2:4 . The whole of this symbolical description of an overwhelming military force agrees very well with the troops of Mohammed. The Arabs are the most expert horsemen in the world: they live so much on horseback that the horse and his rider seem to make but one animal. The Romans also were eminent for their cavalry. Crowns like gold - Not only alluding to their costly tiaras or turbans, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:8

Hair as the hair of women - No razor passes upon their flesh. Their hair long, and their beards unshaven. Their teeth were as the teeth of lions - They are ferocious and cruel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:9

They had breastplates - of iron - They seemed to be invulnerable, for no force availed against them. The sound of their wings - Their hanging weapons and military trappings, with the clang of their shields and swords when they make their fierce onsets. This simile is borrowed from Joel 2:5-7 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; rather, the likenesses of the locusts; that is to say, the general appearance. This similarity is brought out in Joel 2:1-32 , and is alluded to in Job 39:20 . The parallel is worked out at some length in Tristram's 'Natural History of the Bible,' p. 314. In what way they appeared "prepared unto battle," is shown in Job 39:9 . And on their heads were as it were crowns like gold; crowns like unto gold. The... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:1-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 9:3-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 9:3-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 9:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 9:7

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