Revelation 16:17. The seventh bowl. The scene of destruction this time is the air. A mighty earthquake and a storm of hail follow, which involve the whole world, and specially Rome, in ruin. lightnings. thunders: so also after the seventh trumpet (Revelation 11:19). a great earthquake: earthquakes followed the opening of the sixth and seventh seals (Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:5) and the seventh trumpet (Revelation 11:19), but this earthquake is described as the greatest of all.

Revelation 16:19. the great city: here undoubtedly Rome (Revelation 11:8 *). Babylon: Rome (cf. Revelation 14:8, 1 Peter 5:13 *).

Revelation 16:21. great hail: cf. the seventh trumpet (Revelation 11:19). a talent was a round weight ranging from 108 to 130 lbs. blasphemed God: the plagues only hardened the hearts of the opponents of Christianity (cf. Revelation 9:21).

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