θάνατος καὶ πένθος καὶ λιμός. B2 has θανάτου πένθος καὶ λιμοῦ.

8. θάνατος καὶ πένθος καὶ λιμός. Mourning naturally comes after death, why famine after mourning? Is the order of the plagues first pestilence, with the streets full of mourners, then a siege and famine, then fire more terrible than the sword? There is certainly a succession, for famine is felt by degrees.

ἐν πυρὶ κατακαυθήσεται. So Revelation 17:16. While literally true of the city, the doom may refer to that pronounced by the Law on certain cases of foul fornication, Leviticus 21:9, &c.

ὅτι ἰσχυρός. Jeremiah 50:34.

ὁ κρίνας. The voice is heard before the judgement is executed: the judgement was passed before the voice spoke.

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