Verse 17
17. I saw The forms of the horses; he could only hear the number.
Fire Rather, fire-coloured, a fiery red.
Jacinth A dull, smoky red.
Brimstone An adjective, sulphureous. The three colours of the breastplates correspond to the three elements issuing from the horses’ mouths.
Out of their mouths Had real cavalries been described, swords and arrows would have been in their hands. But these are not war-men, but war-demons symbols of the furies of war. The fire is the blaze of warlike wrath; the smoke (see note on Revelation 9:2) betokens moral darkness; the brimstone, destruction.
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