啟示錄 9:2-4 CUNPTS

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency under the permission of God. Demons come forth, a terrible army, and scatter among the sons of men. It is noticeable that their power and time are limited by the government of God. The most terrible aspect of this visitation is that stricken men seek for death and are not able to find it. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-2

‘And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven, fallen to the earth, and the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him. And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke from the pit went upwards like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened as a result of the smoke from the pit.’ We are now specifically in the realm of the supernatural. The four winds of earth are doing their work and now the further elements of the spiritual world will also be called on... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:3-4

‘And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was said to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree but only such men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.’ The description of then as ‘locusts’ connects with the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 10:12) but there the likeness ends. These are not here to devour fields and grain, but to attack men directly like... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-12

Revelation 9:1-2 Kings : . The Fifth Trumpet or the First Woe.— The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan ( cf. Luke 10:18).— abyss: the word properly means “ bottomless,” and is used in OT of the abode of the dead, e.g. Psalms 71:20. The abyss is approached by a “ shaft” or “ well,” here translated “ pit,” which is closed and kept under lock and key. Revelation 9:3 . out of the smoke came . . . locusts: cf. Exodus 10:13 and Driver’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:2

And he opened the bottomless pit; he was a means of hell’s breaking loose, by loosing Satan. And there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace: I had rather interpret this generally of the great influence upon the world, that the devil, being loosed, had, in filling the world with ignorance, error, and wickedness, (for which this and the following age are infamous in all histories), and then particularly of the errors this time abounded with. And the sun and the air were... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:3

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; from the influence which the devil thus let loose had upon the world, came forth a generation of men, that in their practices resembled locusts. Who are to be understood by these locusts, is not easy to resolve. The locusts were an insect with which God sometimes plagued the Egyptians; they are much in the Eastcrn countries. It was an east wind which brought them upon Egypt, Exodus 10:12,Exodus 10:13. God often hath punished people with... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:4

And it was commanded them; that is, these locusts; God so ordered it by his providence. That they should not hurt, &c.: this makes it appear, that these locusts were no insects so called, but typical; for natural locusts live upon green things; they were only to hurt profane men, and hypocrites. It is a sure rule, that when things are attributed: to living creatures which do not agree to their natures, the terms are to be understood typically, not literally. Locusts use not to kill men; we... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 9:1-12

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETSCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 9:1. Fall.—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is referred to. He claimed to have received instructions from Gabriel. And he let loose a flood of evils on the earth. But it is doubtful whether any personal identifications are permissible. The typical and symbolical character should be preserved. Bottomless pit.—Better, “pit of the abyss”; inner prison; lowest... read more

C.I. Scofield