Revelation 16:8-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 16:8-11

In these verses we see the work going on in the appointed order. The fourth angel poured out his vial, and that fell upon the sun; that is, say some, upon some eminent prince of the popish communion, who should renounce their false religion a little while before his utter downfall; and some expect it will be the German emperor. And now what will be the consequence of this? That sun which before cherished them with warm and benign influences shall now grow hot against these idolaters, and shall... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

It will be better to read through the whole chapter before we study it in detail, 16:1-21 1 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying to the seven angels: Go, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God 2 upon the earth. The first angel went away and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and there came an outbreak of evil and malignant ulcerous sores on the men who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped his image. 3 The second poured out his bowl upon the sea; and it became... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:8

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun ,.... Not literally; and so designs not a violent heat, which shall go before, and be a preparation for the burning of the world; nor any sore famine arising from it, which would be common to all, good and bad; but mystically: some understand this of Christ, the sun of righteousness, not of any wrath that shall be poured forth on him again, being now justified in the Spirit; but either of that clear shining of Christ in the ministry of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:9

And men were scorched with great heat ,.... Burned with rage against the followers of Christ; were filled with envy at the success of his Gospel, and with fury and madness at the ruinous condition of the antichristian state, being deprived of its head, and chief officers: and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues ; plagues or judgments are from God, when and wherever they come; they are sent and inflicted by him, and he can lessen or increase them, continue or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast ,.... The beast is the same with that in Revelation 13:1 and which again shows that to be one and the same: the seat or throne of the beast is Rome, which, when the empire was Pagan, was the seat of Satan, or the dragon, Revelation 2:13 and when the beast or antichrist was risen, the dragon gave this seat, as well as his authority to him, Revelation 13:2 and is that city which is so often called, in this book, the great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:11

And blasphemed the God of heaven ,.... Who made it, and dwells in it, and from whence wrath is revealed, and comes upon the seat of the beast, upon the kingdom of antichrist, and the subjects of that kingdom; they will curse him who is of right their King, and their God, and look upwards to heaven, where he is, Isaiah 8:21 and this, because of their pains and their sores : see Revelation 16:2 the inward frettings and distresses of their minds, the gallings and gnawings of their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:8

Poured out his vial upon the sun - Mr. Robert Fleming, more than one hundred years ago, in his View of Scripture Prophecy, supposed that the sun here meant the French empire, and conjectured that this vial would be poured out on that empire about the year 1794. And it is remarkable that in 1793 the French king was beheaded by the National Assembly; and great and unparalleled miseries fell upon the French nation, which nearly extinguished all their nobility, and brought about a war that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

They repented not - No moral national amendment has taken place in consequence of the above calamities in that unhappy country, nor indeed any of those nations engaged against her in that long and ruinous contest, which has now terminated, (1817), without producing one political, moral, or religious advantage to herself or to Europe. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

The seat of the beast - Επι τον θρονον του θηριου· Upon the throne of the wild beast. The regal family was smitten by the fourth vial; they did not repent: then the fifth angel pours out his vial on the throne of the wild beast, or antichristian idolatrous power. Was full of darkness - Confusion, dismay, and distress. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

Blasphemed the God of heaven - Neither did they repent; therefore other judgments must follow. Some think that the sun was Vitellius, the Roman emperor, and that his throne means Rome; and the darkening refers to the injuries she sustained in her political consequence by the civil wars which then took place, from which she never entirely recovered. Others apply it all to papal Rome, and in this respect make out a very clear case! Thus have men conjectured, but how much nearer are we to the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 16:8-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

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