启示录 16:5-7 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say. The angels, throughout this book, are represented as having individual offices to fulfil. Here we have a reference to the angel whose duty it is to control the rivers, just as, in Revelation 14:18 , another angel is represented as having authority over fire. This verse and the following one are anticipations of Revelation 19:2 , which is a commentary on Revelation 18:1-24 ., which latter is an elaboration of the judgments here described. Thou... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:5-7

The Divine righteous judgments. The spiritual aspects of these judgments must be especially kept in view. For under the veil of outward things the invisible and spiritual things are represented. The entire symbolism of these verses, and, indeed, of the whole section, plainly shows— I. THAT JUDGMENT PROCEEDS FROM GOD . They are the judgments of the "Lord God, the Almighty." "Righteous art thou, which art and which wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge." II. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. This supplies the key to the interpretation of the previous visions. The ungodly have shed the blood of saints, therefore God deals out death to them. This is the meaning signified by the "blood" of the previous verses (cf. the doom of Babylon, described in Revelation 17:1-18 ., especially Revelation 17:6 .; and Revelation 18:6 , Revelation 18:24 . Cf. the words, "they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:6

Be done by as you did. "They have shed the blood … thou hast given them blood to drink." Grateful, indeed, ought men to be not alone for the golden rule which commands us to do unto others as we would be done by, but also for the converse of that rule, the eternal law—that as we have done so shall we be done by. It is the lex talionis— the law that ordains "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;" that "with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you." And here in the text we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:7

And! heard another out of the altar say. Omit "another out of." The altar is connected read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say - The angel who presides over the element of water; in allusion to the common opinion among the Hebrews that the angels presided over elements, and that each element was committed to the jurisdiction of a particular angel. Compare the notes on Revelation 7:1.Thou art righteous, O Lord - In view of the judgments that reddened these streams and fountains with the blood of people, the angel ascribes righteousness to God. These judgments seemed terrible - the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints - The nations here referred to. They have been engaged in scenes of bloody persecution, and this is a just recompense.And prophets - Teachers of religion; ministers of truth. It is not necessary to understand the word “prophets” here in its technical sense, as denoting those who are raised up by God and sent forth as inspired men, but it may be understood in its more common signification in the New Testament as denoting teachers of religion in general. See... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:7

And I heard another - Evidently another angel, though this is not specified.Out of the altar - Either the angel of the altar - that is, who presided over the altar (Prof. Stuart), or an angel whose voice seemed to come from the altar. The sense is essentially the same. The writer seemed to hear a voice coming from the altar responding to what had just been said in regard to the judgment of God, or to his righteousness in bringing the judgment upon people, Revelation 16:5. This was evidently the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 16:4-7

Revelation 16:4-7. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers a fountains of waters, &c. Or those territories of the Papacy which were as necessary to it as rivers and fountains are to a country: the kind of plague under this vial being the same as that of the former. For, as the former destroyed the living creatures, or living souls, that were in or upon the sea, namely, the Spaniards, the great mariners of the world at that time, as to their maritime power, who... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:1-21

Pouring out the seven bowls (16:1-21)The bowl judgments are similar to the trumpet judgments, only much more severe. The judgments announced by the trumpets affected only one third of the various areas (see 8:7-12), but here the judgments are total and final. The first judgment brings disease on the earth, the second death in the sea, and the third death in the waters on the land (16:1-4). God acts justly by inflicting the persecutors with punishments suited to the evil they have done (5-6).... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 16:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 16:4-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:1-21

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