Revelation 16:2

κακὸν καὶ πονηρόν. א* πονηρὸν καὶ κακόν. A omits κακόν.

2. ἀπῆλθεν. Lit. “went away,” from the Angels’ place in Heaven before the Temple to the edge or “window” whence they can look down upon the earth.

ἔλκος κακὸν καὶ πονηρόν. The plagues that accompany these vials have a close analogy to those of the trumpets in ch. 8 sqq., and, like them, have some to the plagues of Egypt: here cf. Exodus 9:9. The epithets need not mean more than “bad and evil.” “Noisome and grievous” A. V[570] points out the distinction if one is intended.

[570] Authorised Version.

τοὺς ἔχοντας. This refers back to the previous vision, Revelation 14:9-11, as in Revelation 9:4 we have a reference to the previous vision, Revelation 7:3.