Revelation 9:7-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:12

The announcement of past and coming woes 9:12This verse is transitional and clarifies that the fifth, sixth, and seventh trumpet judgments are also the first, second, and third woes. It is unclear whether the eagle (Revelation 8:13) or John is the speaker, though John seems to be the more likely candidate. "After these things" indicates that the woes (not just the visions) are consecutive, not simultaneous and recapitulative. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:10

9:10 power (b-11) Exousia , authority, title, to do it. see Matthew 10:1 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:11

9:11 Abaddon, (c-16) Destruction. see Job 26:6 ; Job 28:22 . Apollyon. (d-24) i.e. Destroyer. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:12

9:12 passed. (e-5) Perhaps 'has passed away.' read more

John Dummelow

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

The Fifth and Sixth TrumpetsThese herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency.1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fallen to the earth, i.e. an angel who has descended from heaven (cp. Revelation 1:20), not necessarily an evil angel (Revelation 9:1), opens the pit of the abyss. The ’abyss’ is the abode of evil spirits or demons, and the ’pit’ is the shaft which was supposed to lead to it. St. John uses this Jewish... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:7

(7) And the shapes . . .—Translate, And the shapes (or, forms) of the locusts were like horses made ready for war. The resemblance of the locust to the horse (especially in the head) has been remarked upon by travellers, and has found expression in the Italian and German names cavalletta and heupferd. The resemblance is more distinct when the horses are made ready for battle: the hard shell or scales of the locust having the appearance of armour. Hence it has been thought that the sacred writer... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:8

(8)And they had hair . . .—Translate, And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions, and they had breastplates as iron breastplates; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of (having, i.e., drawn by) many horses, running to war. The hair: It is said that some locusts are hairy, and the passage in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 51:27) has been quoted as evidence (the rough caterpillars here spoken of being said to be “locusts bristling with hair”), but... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:10

(10)And they had tails . . .—Better, And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings, and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months. In this verse the secret of their power is mentioned: they have tails like scorpions’ tails, and stings which wound and so cause agony to men. On the period of five months, see Revelation 9:5. In the exposition of this passage it is utterly vain to look for features of the ordinary natural locust corresponding to the several particulars set forth by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:11

(11) And they had a king . . .—Better, They have over them as king (not “the angel,” as in English version) an angel of the abyss; his name (is) in Hebrew Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name, Apollyon. There is more than one point in which the seer wishes us to mark the contrast between these symbolical and the natural locusts. Locusts have no sting; these have. Locusts have no king (Proverbs 30:27); these have a king. The movements of the invading locusts are conducted with wonderful... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:12

(12) THE SIXTH TRUMPET—THE SECOND WOE TRUMPET.—The first point which will strike the reader is that the plague under this trumpet resembles the last, though it is one of much more aggravated nature. Again we have vast hosts, with the powers of the horse, the lion, and the viper, at command, but the destructive elements are increased, the multitudes are more numerous, the horses’ heads grow lion-like. With the mouth breathing forth threatening and slaughter, as well as with the tail armed with... read more

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