And (1) I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. (1) In the former chapter was set down the preparation to the work of God: here is delivered the execution of it. In this discourse of the execution,... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the (3) mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image. (2) The history of the first angel, whose plague on the earth is described almost in the same word... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it (a) became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea. (4) The history of the second angel, who troubles and molests the seas, that he may stir up the conscience of men sleeping in their wickedness; (Revelati... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (5) The story of the third angel striking the rivers, in this verse, who proclaiming the justice of God, commends the same by a grave comparison of the sins of men, with the punishment of God... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments. (6) A confirmation of the praise before going out of the sanctuary of God, whether immediately by Christ, or by some one of his angels, for Christ also is called another angel; (Revelat... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (7) The story of the fourth angel, who throws the plague on the heavens and on the sun, of which Luke notes the effects in (Luke 21:26). The one peculiar, that it shall scorch men with h... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, (8) The story of the first angel, who strikes the kingdom of the beast with two plagues abroad the darkness, with biles and distresses most grievous,... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river (10) Euphrates; and (11) the water thereof was dried up, (12) that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (9) The story of the sixth angel, divided into his act, and the event of it. The act is, that the angel cast out of... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw (13) three unclean spirits (14) like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the (15) dragon, and out of the mouth of the (16) beast, and out of the mouth of the (17) false prophet. (13) That is, every one of them focus their whole force, and conspired that by wonders, word and work they might b... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. (18) A parenthesis for admonition, in which God warns his holy servants, who rest in the expectation of Christ, always to think of his coming, and to look to themselv... [ Continue Reading ]
(19) And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue (20) Armageddon. (19) Namely the angel, who according to the commandment of God, was to do sacrifice: nonetheless that those impure spirits do the same wickedly, as servants not to God, but to the beast that has seven heads... [ Continue Reading ]
(21) And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the (22) air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from (23) the throne, saying, (24) It is done. (21) The story of the seventh angel to the end of the chapter, in which first is shown by sign and speech, the argument of this... [ Continue Reading ]
(25) And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great. (25) Now is declared the execution (as is said) in (Revelation 16:17) and the things that shall last come to pass in he... [ Continue Reading ]
(26) And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations (27) fell: and great (28) Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (26) The seat or standing place of Antichrist. (27) Of all who cleave to Antich... [ Continue Reading ]
And every island fled away, and the mountains (29) were not (b) found. (29) That is, were seen no more, or were no more extant. A borrowed Hebraism. (b) Literally "appeared not"; (Genesis 5:24)... [ Continue Reading ]
(30) And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a (c) talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. (30) The manner of the particular execution, most evidently testifying the wrath of God by t... [ Continue Reading ]