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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:13

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,And the sixth angel sounded ... Here begins the second woe, actually a development of the first. This is the locust story, Phase II.This is the last appeal for people to renounce their evil ways and turn their hearts to God. This woe, coming in close proximity to the final judgment, could indicate that far greater sufferings and death than anything previously seen upon earth may come as the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:12

Revelation 9:12. One woe is past, &c.— This is added, not only to distinguish the woes, and to mark more strongly each period; but also to suggest, that some time would intervene between this first woe of the Arabian locusts, and the next of the Euphratean horsemen. The similitude between the locusts and Arabians, is indeed so very great, that it cannot fail of striking every curious observer; and a farther resemblance is noted by Mr. Daubuz, "That there hath happened in the extent of this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:13-15

Revelation 9:13-15. The sixth angel sounded,— At the sounding of this sixth trumpet, a voice proceeded from the four horns of the golden altar (for the scene was still in the temple), ordering the angel of the sixth trumpet to loose the four angels, &c. and they were loosed accordingly. Such a voice proceeding from the four horns of the golden altar, is a strong indication of the divine displeasure, and plainlyintimates, that the sins of men must have been very great, when the altar, which... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:12

12. Greek, "The one woe." hereafter—Greek, "after these things." I agree with ALFORD and DE BURGH, that these locusts from the abyss refer to judgments about to fall on the ungodly immediately before Christ's second advent. None of the interpretations which regard them as past, are satisfactory. Joel 1:2-7; Joel 2:1-11, is strictly parallel and expressly refers ( :-) to THE DAY OF THE LORD GREAT AND VERY TERRIBLE: Joel 2:10 gives the portents accompanying the day of the Lord's coming, the earth... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:13

13. a voice—literally, "one voice." from—Greek, "out of." the four horns—A, Vulgate (Amiatinus manuscript), Coptic, and Syriac omit "four." B and CYPRIAN support it. The four horns together gave forth their voice, not diverse, but one. God's revelation (for example, the Gospel), though in its aspects fourfold (four expressing world-wide extension: whence four is the number of the Evangelists), still has but one and the same voice. However, from the parallelism of this sixth trumpet to the fifth... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:12

The announcement of past and coming woes 9:12This verse is transitional and clarifies that the fifth, sixth, and seventh trumpet judgments are also the first, second, and third woes. It is unclear whether the eagle (Revelation 8:13) or John is the speaker, though John seems to be the more likely candidate. "After these things" indicates that the woes (not just the visions) are consecutive, not simultaneous and recapitulative. read more

Thomas Constable

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

Someone near the four horns (symbolic of power) of the golden altar in heaven, probably the angel identified with it in Revelation 8:3, gave a command after the sixth angel blew the sixth trumpet (cf. Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6). Instead of seeing something (cf. Revelation 9:1), John now heard something. 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

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