啟示錄 9:2-4 CUNPTS

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:3

3. upon—Greek, "unto," or "into." as the scorpions of the earth—as contrasted with the "locusts" which come up from hell, and are not "of the earth." have power—namely, to sting. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:4

4. not hurt the grass . . . neither . . . green thing . . . neither . . . tree—the food on which they ordinarily prey. Therefore, not natural and ordinary locusts. Their natural instinct is supernaturally restrained to mark the judgment as altogether divine. those men which—Greek, "the men whosoever." in, c.—Greek, "upon their forehead." Thus this fifth trumpet is proved to follow the sealing in :-, under the sixth seal. None of the saints are hurt by these locusts, which is not true of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-6

The impact of the locusts 9:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-11

The fifth trumpet (first woe) 9:1-11"Already introduced by the eagle’s proclamation in Revelation 8:13, the fifth trumpet sets the tone for the last three trumpets through its specificity and independence of the two to follow. This feature marks the last three seals too. The seventh trumpet also resembles the seventh seal in the way it solemnly concludes the whole and contains the next series within in its scope. As with the seals also, two episodes intervene between the sixth and seventh... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:2

John saw smoke rising from the shaft leading to an underground chamber. The smoke probably symbolizes the terribleness of the place from which the locusts emerge (cf. Ephesians 2:2). In Revelation smoke usually relates to judgment, doom, and torment (Revelation 9:17-18; Revelation 18:9; Revelation 19:3), though it also has connections with holy things (Revelation 8:4; Revelation 15:8). The context specifies a negative connotation here (cf. Genesis 19:28; Exodus 19:18). What John saw resembled... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:3

What he saw was probably literal locusts (cf. Exodus 10:12-20). [Note: Newell, p. 129-32. Cf. Joel 1:6; 2:4-10.] Others have suggested that John saw modern instruments of warfare that looked like locusts. [Note: E.g., Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth.] The Old Testament attests the destructive power of locusts (cf. Deuteronomy 28:38; 2 Chronicles 7:13; Joel 2:25). They often swarmed in apparently limitless numbers (cf. Psalms 105:34; Nahum 3:15). Joel likened what would come on the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:4

God commissioned these creatures to inflict severe pain on the earth-dwellers who did not have God’s mark of ownership and protection on their foreheads (cf. Revelation 7:3-8). Normally locusts eat vegetation, but these creatures will afflict human beings. They were not to harm nature but humans. read more

John Darby

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:4

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:2

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:3

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:4

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