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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:8

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Ver. 8. As the hair of women ] Insinuative, and inductive to sin. As the teeth of lions ] Joel 1:6 . Catching and carrying to their dens all they can come by, as Tecelius did out of Germany, as Otto sent by Gregory IX did out of England, where he left not so much money as he either carried with him or sent to Rome before him. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 9:9

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. Ver. 9. And they had breastplates ] Their pretended donations, privileges and exemptions from the secular power; shaking their tippets at kings, whom they have trampled on, and forced to go barefoot on the hard stones, till they bled again. Thus dealt they by our Henry II; yea, they lashed him with rods upon the bare, and said, Domine,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 9:7

the shapes: Joel 2:4, Joel 2:5, Nahum 3:17 their faces: Daniel 7:4, Daniel 7:8 Reciprocal: Isaiah 13:4 - like as Jeremiah 51:27 - cause Joel 1:6 - whose Revelation 4:4 - crowns read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 9:8

hair: 2 Kings 9:30, Isaiah 3:24, 1 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Corinthians 11:15, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Peter 3:3 and their: Psalms 57:4, Joel 1:6 Reciprocal: Proverbs 30:14 - whose read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 9:9

they had: Revelation 9:17, Job 40:18, Job 41:23-Amos :, Joel 2:8 and the: Job 39:25, Isaiah 9:5, Joel 2:5-Judges :, Nahum 2:4, Nahum 2:5 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:34 - joints of the harness 2 Kings 7:6 - the Lord Ephesians 6:14 - the breastplate read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.And the appearances — This description suits a people neither throughly civilized, nor entirely savage; and such were the Persians of that age.Of the locusts are like horses — With their riders. The Persians excelled in horsemanship.And on their heads are as it were crowns — Turbans.And their faces are as the faces of men —... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 9:8

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.And they had hair as the hair of women — All the Persians of old gloried in long hair.And their teeth were as the teeth of lions — Breaking and tearing all things in pieces. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 9:9

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.And the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots of many horses — With their war-chariots, drawn by many horses, they, as it were, flew to and fro. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-11

The three Spiritual (or Woe) Trumpets, Revelation 9:1 - Revelation 22:6. THE FIFTH ( first Woe) TRUMPET Abysmal locust-demons emblems of infernal influences on earth, Revelation 9:1-11. Rising from the curse-scarred surface of the earth into the sphere of spiritual woes, we now behold a vivid picture of diabolical influences issuing from hades, headed by Abaddon, and filling the moral atmosphere of our earth. They are presented as hellish locust swarms, in which the qualities of that... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

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

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