Revelation 9:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:17

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses are as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone.What appropriate comment could possibly be made upon such "horses" as these? No one can even imagine such things. The description is possibly for the purpose of showing how dreadful, destructive, invincible and infernal they really are. Could not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:16-19

Revelation 9:16-19. The number of the army, &c.— A description is here given of the forces, and of the means and instruments bywhich the Othmans should effect the ruin of the Eastern empire. Their army is described as very numerous,—myriads of myriads; and when Mohammed the second besieged Constantinople, he had 400,000 men in his army, besides a powerful fleet of thirty larger, and two hundred lesser ships. They are described too, chiefly, as horsemen; and so they are described also by... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:17

17. thus—as follows. of fire—the fiery color of the breastplates answering to the fire which issued out of their mouths. of jacinth—literally, "of hyacinth color," the hyacinth of the ancients answering to our dark blue iris: thus, their dark, dull-colored breastplates correspond to the smoke out of their mouths. brimstone—sulphur-colored: answering to the brimstone or sulphur out of their mouths. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-19

A deadly attack 9:13-19 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-21

The sixth trumpet (second woe) 9:13-21As will become evident, the severity of these judgments increases as the trumpets (woes) unfold. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:17

Now John saw what these horsemen looked like. Horses were swift implements of war in ancient times. Red, blue, and yellow breastplates covered both horses and riders. This was apparently their only armor, and it is defensive armor. Hyacinth is a flower that is most commonly blue, and brimstone is sulfur that is yellow. Lion-like horse heads could be very different from those of ordinary horses or just heads of horses that appear exceptionally bold and majestic. Lions are terrifying (cf.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

The Fifth and Sixth TrumpetsThese herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency.1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fallen to the earth, i.e. an angel who has descended from heaven (cp. Revelation 1:20), not necessarily an evil angel (Revelation 9:1), opens the pit of the abyss. The ’abyss’ is the abode of evil spirits or demons, and the ’pit’ is the shaft which was supposed to lead to it. St. John uses this Jewish... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:17

(17) And thus I saw . . .—Better, And after this manner saw I the horses in the vision, and those who sat upon them, having breastplates fiery and jacinth-like, and brimstone-like, and the heads of the horses were as heads of lions; and out of their mouths goeth forth fire and smoke and brimstone. The seer proceeds to describe the general appearance of the horses and horsemen. After this fashion were they: the horses and horsemen were armed with breastplates of triple hue (corresponding to the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 9:1-21

Revelation 9:2 Milton alludes to this passage in the great apostrophe towards the close of his Reformation in England, where he invites the Triune God on behalf of England's peace and purity. 'Look upon this, Thy poor and almost spent and expiring Church, leave her not thus a prey to these importunate wolves, that wait and think long till they devour Thy tender flock; these wild boars that have broke into Thy vineyard, and left the print of their polluting hoofs upon the souls of Thy servants.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

CHAPTER 9 Revelation 9:1-12 . The remaining three trumpets have a “woe” attached to each. This is announced in the last verse of the preceding chapter, where the word angel should be “eagle.” An eagle, the bird of prey, proclaims the threefold woe. He acts thus as a herald of great judgments (Matthew 24:28 , Revelation 19:17-18 ). The fifth trumpet is a special judgment upon apostate Israel: because those who suffer are they “which have not the seal of God on their foreheads” (Revelation 9:4... read more

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