Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

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.

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

which . Revelation 7 . 3 , Revelation 7 . 4 , Revelation 14 . 1 , Exodus 12 . 23 , Job 2 . 6 , Ezekiel 9 . 4 , Ezekiel 9 . 6 , Ephesians 4 . 30

Reciprocal . Psalm 105 . 33 . General Jeremiah 32 . 10 . and sealed Amos 7 . 2 . when Acts 28 . 5 . felt Romans 4 . 11 . a seal 2 Corinthians 1 . 22 . sealed Revelation 7 . 1 . the wind

Verse 5

it was . Revelation 13 . 5 , Revelation 13 . 7 , Daniel 5 . 18-22 , Daniel 7 . 6 , John 19 . 11

they should not . 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. Revelation 11 . 7 , Job 2 . 6

they should be . Revelation 9 . 10

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.

and their . Revelation 9 . 3

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 10 . 11 . scorpions Zechariah 14 . 12 . Their flesh Revelation 9 . 15 . an hour

Verse 6

shall men . Revelation 6 . 16 , 2 Samuel 1 . 9 , Job 3 . 20-22 , Job 7 . 15 , Job 7 . 16 , Isaiah 2 . 19 , Jeremiah 8 . 3 , Hosea 10 . 8 , John 4 . 8 , John 4 . 9 , Luke 23 . 30

Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 28 . 67 . General Judges 8 . 21 . Rise thou Job 3 . 21 . long Job 6 . 9 . that it would Psalm 59 . 11 . Slay Isaiah 15 . 4 . his Jonah 4 . 9 . even Zechariah 14 . 12 . Their flesh

Verse 7

the shapes . Joel 2 . 4 , Joel 2 . 5 , Nahum 3 . 17

their faces . Daniel 7 . 4 , Daniel 7 . 8

Reciprocal . Isaiah 13 . 4 . like as Jeremiah 51 . 27 . cause Joel 1 . 6 . whose Revelation 4 . 4 . crowns

Verse 8

hair . 2 Kings 9 . 30 , Isaiah 3 . 24 , 1 Corinthians 11 . 14 , 1 Corinthians 11 . 15 , 1 Timothy 2 . 9 , 1 Peter 3 . 3

and their . Psalm 57 . 4 , Joel 1 . 6

Reciprocal . Proverbs 30 . 14 . whose

Verse 9

they had . Revelation 9 . 17 , Job 40 . 18 , Job 41 . 23-30 , Joel 2 . 8

and the . Job 39 . 25 , Isaiah 9 . 5 , Joel 2 . 5-7 , Nahum 2 . 4 , Nahum 2 . 5

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 34 . joints of the harness 2 Kings 7 . 6 . the Lord Ephesians 6 . 14 . the breastplate

Verse 10

tails . Revelation 9 . 3 , Revelation 9 . 5

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 10 . 11 . scorpions Luke 11 . 12 . a scorpion 1 Corinthians 15 . 55 . sting Revelation 9 . 15 . an hour Revelation 9 . 19 . in their tails Revelation 12 . 4 . his tail

Verse 11

they had . Revelation 12 . 9 , John 12 . 31 , John 14 . 30 , John 16 . 11 , 2 Corinthians 4 . 4 , Ephesians 2 . 2 , 1 John 4 . 4 , 1 John 5 . 19

the angel . Revelation 9 . 1

Abaddon . that is , a destroyer , John 8 . 44

Reciprocal . Job 15 . 21 . the destroyer Job 33 . 22 . his life Psalm 17 . 4 . destroyer Matthew 12 . 26 . his Mark 5 . 13 . the herd Luke 8 . 33 . the herd Luke 9 . 39 . lo John 19 . 20 . and Greek Acts 21 . 40 . Hebrew 2 Corinthians 11 . 15 . his 2 Thessalonians 2 . 9 . is James 3 . 15 . devilish Revelation 9 . 3 . as Revelation 16 . 16 . the Hebrew Revelation 20 . 2 . the dragon

Verse 12

woe . Revelation 9 . 1 , Revelation 9 . 2

two . Revelation 9 . 13-21 , Revelation 8 . 13 , Revelation 11 . 14

Reciprocal . Ezekiel 2 . 10 . lamentations Revelation 12 . 12 . Woe

Verse 13

the sixth . Revelation 9 . 1

a voice . Revelation 8 . 3-5 , Hebrews 9 . 24 , Hebrews 10 . 21

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 4 . 19 . the golden Luke 1 . 11 . the altar 1 Corinthians 15 . 52 . last Revelation 6 . 9 . I saw Revelation 8 . 2 . trumpets Revelation 9 . 12 . two Revelation 10 . 1 . another Revelation 11 . 15 . the seventh

Verse 14

to the . Revelation 8 . 2 , Revelation 8 . 6

loose . Revelation 9 . 15 , Revelation 16 . 12

the great . Genesis 2 . 14 , 2 Samuel 8 . 3 , Jeremiah 51 . 63

Reciprocal . Isaiah 27 . 13 . the great 1 Corinthians 15 . 52 . last Revelation 7 . 1 . four angels Revelation 10 . 1 . another

Verse 15

for . or , at

an hour . Revelation 9 . 5 , Revelation 9 . 10

for to . Revelation 9 . 18 , Revelation 8 . 7 , Revelation 8 . 9 , Revelation 8 . 11 , Revelation 8 . 12

Reciprocal . Genesis 41 . 32 . established by Ezekiel 4 . 6 . each day for a year Hosea 6 . 5 . I have Revelation 6 . 8 . over Revelation 9 . 14 . loose

Verse 16

the number . Psalm 68 . 17 , Daniel 7 . 10

horsemen . Ezekiel 23 . 6 , Ezekiel 38 . 4 , Daniel 11 . 40

I heard . Revelation 7 . 4

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 12 . 3 . without number

Verse 17

having . 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. Revelation 9 . 9

jacinth . Revelation 21 . 20

brimstone . Revelation 9 . 18 , Revelation 14 . 10 , Revelation 19 . 20 , Revelation 21 . 8 , Genesis 19 . 24 , Psalm 11 . 6 , Isaiah 30 . 33 , Ezekiel 33 . 22

as the . 1 Chronicles 12 . 8 , Isaiah 5 . 28 , Isaiah 5 . 29

Reciprocal . Exodus 28 . 4 . a breastplate Ezekiel 28 . 14 . and I Ephesians 6 . 14 . the breastplate Revelation 9 . 2 . there Revelation 16 . 8 . and power