Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 9

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Revelation 9 . 1 , At the sounding of the fifth angel , a star falls from heaven , to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit; Revelation 9 . 2 , He opens the pit , and there come forth locusts like scorpions; Revelation 9 . 12 , The first woe past; Revelation 9 . 13 , The sixth trumpet sounds; Revelation 9 . 14 , Four angels are let loose , that were bound.

Revelation 9:1

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

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Revelation 9:2

The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

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Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

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Revelation 9:4

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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but Corrupt and idolatrous Christians; against whom the Saracens chiefly prevailed.

Revelation 9:5

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

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That is , should not kill them as a political body , state , or empire; and accordingly , however they desolated the Greek and Latin churches , they could not extirpate them , nor gain possession of the empire

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five Five prophetical months , each consisting of 30 days , and each day denoting a year , amount to 150 years; and accordingly , from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture ad 612 , the building of Bagdad , when they ceased from their ravages , ad 763 , are just 150 years.

Revelation 9:6

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

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Revelation 9:7

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

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Revelation 9:8

They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

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Revelation 9:9

They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

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Revelation 9:10

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

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Revelation 9:11

They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

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Revelation 9:12

The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

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Revelation 9:13

Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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Revelation 9:14

saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

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Revelation 9:15

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

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Revelation 9:16

And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

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Revelation 9:17

Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

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This appears to point out the scarlet , blue and yellow colours , for which the Turks have always been remarkable. The "four angels bound in the Euphrates" denote their four sultanies bordering on that river , where they were confined till after the period of the Crusades. The time for which they were prepared , "an hour , and a day , and a month , and a year ," computing a year for each day , amounts to 391 years , 15 days; and from their first conquest over the Christians , ad 1281 , to the taking of Cameniec from the Poles , ad 1672 , which was the last conquest by which their dominion was extended , is exactly that period

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Revelation 9:18

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

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Revelation 9:19

For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

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Revelation 9:20

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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And the That is , those of the Latin and Greek churches , who escaped destruction , still persisted in their idolatrous worship of demons , etc.

Revelation 9:21

Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.

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Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes Revelation 9:13 → Leviticus 4:7
Chiasms
Shaped Revelation 9:1–11
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