Revelation 8:6-8 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:4-6

Revelation 8:4-6. And the smoke of the incense ascended before God In an odoriferous cloud, with the prayers of the saints A testimony of God’s gracious acceptance, both of the intercession of the great High-Priest, and of the prayers of his believing people, proceeding from devout hearts; and consequently of the continuance of his protection and blessing to his faithful worshippers. And when the angel had performed this office, in order to show the awful manner in which God would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:7

Revelation 8:7. The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood A proper representation of great commotions and disorders, attended with much bloodshed, and the destruction of many of the several ranks and conditions of men. “A thunder-storm or tempest, that throws down all before it, is a fit metaphor to express the calamities of war, whether from civil disturbances or foreign invasion, which often, like a hurricane, lay all things waste as far as they reach.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:8-9

Revelation 8:8-9. And the second angel sounded, and, as it were, a great mountain burning with fire That is, a great warlike nation, or hero; for in the style of poetry, which is near akin to the style of prophecy, heroes are compared to mountains; was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea died The sea, in the Hebrew language, is any collection of waters, as Daubuz observes: now, as waters are expressly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

8:6-11:19 THE SEVEN TRUMPETSFirst four trumpets (8:6-13)In the visions revealed by the breaking of the seals, the judgments arose largely from human sin. But in the judgments announced by the blowing of the trumpets, the judgments seem to come direct from God without the use of a human agency. The trumpet visions reveal another way of looking at God’s judgment, but like the seal visions they build towards a climax.The first trumpet announces widespread devastation on the land (6-7); the second,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:6

to sound = in order that (Greek. hina) they might sound (Greek. salpizo. First of ten occurences). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:7

angel. Omit. followed = came to be, as Revelation 8:1 . earth. Add, w i th all texts, "and the third part of the earth was burnt up". third part. See App-197 . trees. As in Revelation 7:1 , Revelation 7:3 ; Revelation 9:4 . burnt up. As Revelation 17:16 ; Revelation 18:8 . green. Greek. chloros. Occurs: Revelation 6:8 (pale); Revelation 9:4 .Mark 6:39 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:6

And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.This verse begins the trumpet judgments, and it should be noted that all of them are tempered with mercy, only "the third part" of affected things being involved. "The mercy is greater than the judgment."[39] This is another particular in which the trumpet judgments parallel that of the seals, in which only "the fourth" part was hurt or destroyed. A big difference is that the seal judgments were ordinary events; these... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:7

And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.These first four trumpets are given very briefly, but the last three are presented more extensively. "All of them reveal the active involvement of God in bringing judgment upon a wicked world."[44] Many scholars mention the plagues of Egypt in connection with... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:8

And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.The second judgment falls upon the sea. It is foolish to suppose that John is here merely making imaginative use of the imagery derived from volcanoes, etc. This language goes far beyond any natural phenomenon... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 8:6

Revelation 8:6. And the seven angels—prepared themselves to sound.— As the seals foretold the state and condition of the Roman empire before, and till it became Christian, so the trumpets foreshow the state and condition of it afterward. The sound of the trumpet, as Jeremiah observes, ch. Jer 4:19 and as every one understands it, is the alarm of war; and the sounding of these trumpets is designed to rouse and excite the nations against the Roman empire; called the third part of the world, as... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:4-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 8:6

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