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Revelation 9:3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Verse Revelation 9:3. _LOCUSTS_] Vast hordes of military troops: the description which follows certainly agrees better with the _Saracens_ than with any other people or nation, but may also apply to t...
AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH - That is, they escaped from the pit with the smoke. At first they were mingled with the smoke, so that they were not distinctly seen, but when t...
CHAPTER 9 Revelation 9:1 . The remaining three trumpets have a “woe” attached to each. This is announced in the last verse of the preceding chapter, where the word angel should be “eagle.” An eagle,...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET OR THE FIRST WOE. The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan (_cf._ Luke 10:18). ABYSS: the word properly means bottomless, and is...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET. We are now prepared to listen to the trumpet of the fifth angel, and to behold the symbolism described by the prophet.. quote: And the fifth angel sounded, and. saw. star fall from...
THE UNLOCKING OF THE ABYSS (Revelation 9:1-2) 9:1,2 The fifth angel sounded a blast on his trumpet, and I saw a star failing from heaven on the earth, and to him there was given the key of the shaft...
From the smoke locusts came forth upon the earth, and they were given power like the power of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor an...
LOCUSTS. Greek. _akris_. Here; Revelation 9:7; Matthew 3:4.Mark 1:6. UNTO. to. POWER. App-172. SCORPIONS. Greek. _skorpios._ Here; verses:...
_the scorpions of the earth_ i.e. common natural scorpions: these infernal locusts are able to hurt men, as common scorpions are, but common locusts are not....
Revelation 9:1-12. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. FIRST WOE...
ΑΥ̓ΤΑΙ͂Σ. With AP; א has αὐτοῖς throughout and is supported here and in Revelation 9:4 by B2, in Revelation 9:5 by A where Text. Rec[317] and W. H[318] (text) read αὐταῖς with B2P. [317] Rec. Textus...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
_THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDS HIS TRUMPET REVELATION 9:1-3:_ As the fifth seal was opened a star was personified. "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him w...
ΈΞΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΆΚΡΊΔΕΣ (G200) _пот. pl._ саранча, кузнечик. В ВЗ саранча — символ разрушения, в древности нашествие саранчи считали наказанием, посланным бога...
LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH:— See Joshua 6:5. Joel 1:6. Bishop Newton interprets this part of the prophesy as follows: "At the sounding of the _fifth trumpet, a star fallen from heaven,_ meaning the impost...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 30 Text Revelation 9:1-12 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. 2 And...
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. UPON - `unto.' AS THE SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH - contrasted with th...
__ Throne Section-The Locusts 8 The detailed description of these locusts forbids our taking them in any way but as literal creatures just as they are described, Their time limit is the same as natu...
9:3 on (c-9) Or 'to,' _ eis_ , Matthew 12:20 ....
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS These 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 fa...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 9 THE FIFTH (5TH) *TRUMPET - REVELATION 9:1-12 V1 The fifth (5th) *angel’s *trumpet sounded. And I saw a star that had fallen from...
AND THERE CAME... — Better, _And out of the smoke there came forth locusts upon the earth; and there was given to them power, as the scorpions of the earth_ (? land-scorpions) _have power._ The outcom...
The dense smoke resolves itself into a swarm of infernal demons in the form of locusts but rendered more formidable by their additional power of stinging like scorpions. Instead of preying on their na...
Revelation 9:1-12 : _The fifth trumpet_....
“OUT OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT” Revelation 9:1 This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whether these w...
At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency u...
Since they do not eat grass or other green plants, we know these locusts should be taken figuratively. Out of the smoke of sin and delusion comes lies and false doctrine. Scorpions have a very painful...
(5) And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (5) A description of the malignant spirits invading the world, take...
There came out locusts; devils, in antichrist's time, when the chief devil, Abaddon, the destroyer, shall be as it were let loose. Others by locusts, understand the Goths and those barbarous people th...
(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
Hell on Earth Some minds are like finished concrete - thoroughly mixed and permanently set. I. INTRODUCTION A. By nature, we as human beings have an incredible gift for not dealing with things! 1....
The fifth angel sounds; and one who should have been by position the instrument of light and governmental order over the earth was seen as having lost his place; and the power to let loose the full da...
AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS THE EARTH,.... Not literally, for these locusts might not meddle with the grass, nor any green thing, or tree, as locusts do, only men, Revelation 9:4; and had...
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Ver. 3. _Locusts upon the earth_] So the monks, friars, Jesuits, &c.,...
_There arose a smoke out of the pit_ As a great smoke hinders the sight, so do errors blind the understanding. The apostle keeps to the allegory, says Grotius, for smoke takes from us the sight of the...
AS THE SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH HAVE POWER; see notes to verse Revelation 9:5; Revelation 9:10. Infernal spirits are ever ready, when permitted, to increase the ignorance, wickedness, cruelty, and wretc...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET: A DEMON INFESTATION (vv. 1-12) The sounding of the fifth trumpet discloses "a star _fallen_ from heaven:" it is _already_ fallen (v. 1). This is the same star that fell under the...
_ 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power._ A. Out of the smoke come locusts. Common in the summer time, great swarm...
1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets lo...
AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH; from the influence which the devil thus let loose had upon the world, came forth a generation of men, that in their practices resembled locusts....
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Fourth But the sun now shone out a little, and, lo! I see a mighty beast like a whale, and out of its mouth fiery locusts[6]...
Revelation 9:3 Then G2532 of G1537 smoke G2586 locusts G200 came G1831 (G5627) upon G1519 earth G1093 And...
‘And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was said to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor a...
Revelation 9:3. OUT OF THE SMOKE, WE ARE next told, THERE CAME FORTH LOCUSTS INTO THE EARTH. WE need not ask whether these locusts came out of the well, or only out of the smoke after it reached the s...
The verses before as contain an account of the fifth trumpet....
LOCUSTS (ακριδες). Also verse Revelation 9:7 and already in Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6 (diet of the Baptist). The Israelites were permitted to eat them, but when the swarms came like the eighth Egyptian...
CONTENTS: Judgments of the fifth and sixth trumpets. CHARACTERS: God, angels, John, Abaddon. CONCLUSION: So fearful and unbearable will conditions be in the Great Tribulation days when Satanic powers...
Revelation 9:1. _The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star,_ the vile impostor Mahomed, _fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit:_ it should read, the keys...
LOCUSTS CAME DOWN. Compare Joel 1:7-12. Locusts look like a giant grasshopper. A swarm of locusts drops down out of the sky, like smoke, darkening the sun-light, falling on the farmer's fields and qui...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:2 LOCUSTS recalls the eighth plague on Egypt (Exodus 10:14) and...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:1 The STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH (v. Revelation 9:1) when the FIFTH trumpet sounds is
And this personage, whoever he was, opened the bottomless pit, and there came out dense smoke that darkened the sky, and locusts with the power of scorpions. And they were enjoined not to hurt grass o...
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 9:1. FALL.—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is referre...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 9:1 AND THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND I SAW A STAR FALL FROM HEAVEN UNTO THE EARTH; _a star from heaven fallen unto the earth _(Revised Version); not _saw a star fall. _(For the...
_3 AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH: AND UNTO THEM WAS GIVEN POWER, AS THE SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH HAVE POWER._ The bottomless pit is opened and tormentors come on the earth. Thei...
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the eaRuth (Revelation 9:1): And it is interesting how that a great mountain of fire burning, a star falling, a star falling, these...
1 Kings 12:11; Deuteronomy 8:15; Exodus 10:4; Ezekiel 2:6; Isaiah 33:4
Locusts [α κ ρ ι δ ε ς]. The idea of this plague is from the eighth plague in Egypt (Exodus 10:14; Exodus 10:15). Compare the description of a visitation of locusts in Joel 2. There are three Hebrew w...
And out of the smoke — Not out of the bottomless pit, but from the smoke which issued thence. There went forth locusts — A known emblem of a numerous, hostile, hurtful people. Such were the Persians,...