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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:6-13

Revelation 8:6-1 Chronicles : . The First Four Trumpets.— The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they overwhelm with disaster. Many of the features are borrowed from the plagues of Egypt. [The description seems to be based also on volcanic phenomena, as often in OT prophecy. The whole district was subject to volcanic disturbances, and in particular the island of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 8:9

Phrases all signifying the miserable catastrophe that should follow the destruction of this city, by the slaughter of men, the ruin of houses and towns in Italy, &c. History (as Mr. Mede showeth) excellently agreeth with this. In the year 410, Rome was taken by Alaricus; this was followed with great devastations both in France and Spain. Honorius, to recover the empire, was glad to give the Goths a seat and government in France, and the Burgundians and Vandals a place near unto the river... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

FOUR TRUMPET VOICESCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 8:1. Seventh seal.—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual aspects. The main visions give us the trumpet voices of God’s manifold providences, summoning the world to surrender to Him; the subsidiary visions point to the witness and work of the true children of God in this world, and the more secret growth of the Church of Christ.”Revelation 8:2. Seven angels.—There was a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

Chapter 8And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour ( Revelation 8:1 ).Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of people. You see what silence for fifteen seconds does. It seems like it expanded, quiet. It is sort of an awesome thing. And there in heaven with vast multitudes singing and worshipping and seeing all of the activity that is there, and suddenly there is silence when this seventh seal is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:1-13

Revelation 8:1 . When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstracted from earthly ideas. So in the temple, while Zachariah was burning incense within, the people prayed in silence without. Luke 1:10. Revelation 8:2 . Seven trumpets. The first design of those trumpets was to avenge the blood of the martyrs on the cruel idolaters of the Roman world; and the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 8:1-13

Revelation 8:1-13The seventh seal … silence in heaven.The silence of heavenI. The silence of meditation. There is a blessing, which we know not yet, in thought. In this busy human life it is hard to think. “The world is too much with us.” It drowns the “still small voice” of God. But in heaven thought will no more be disturbed. There will be no unsolved perplexities, no distracting fancies. The plan of Creation and Redemption will be unfolded. The discords of earth will be resolved in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 8:9

9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. Ver. 9. And the third part ] Heresy as a gangrene spreads and kills; as the leprosy in the head, it renders a man utterly unclean, Leviticus 13:44 . So cunning are some seducers, and so close in the conveyance of their collusion, that if possible the very elect may be deceived. And the third part of the ships were destroyed ] That is, of the Churches, even those... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 8:9

the third part of the creatures: Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 16:3, Exodus 7:21, Zechariah 13:8 the ships: Psalms 48:7, Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:1 Reciprocal: Revelation 9:15 - for to Revelation 11:13 - and the tenth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 8:9

And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.And the third part of the creatures that were in the sea — That is, of all sorts of men, of every station and degree.Died — By those merciless invaders.And the third part of the ships were destroyed — It is a frequent thing to resemble a state or republic to a ship, wherein many people are embarked together, and share in the same dangers. And how many states were... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more