Revelation 16:8-12 NIV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 16:11

And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.And they — His followers.Gnawed their tongues — Out of furious impatience.Because of their pains and because of their ulcers — Now mentioned together, and in the plural number, to signify that they were greatly heightened and multiplied. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 16:12

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.And the sixth poured out his phial upon the great river Euphrates — Affected also by the sixth trumpet.And the water of it — And of all the rivers that flow into it.Was dried up — The far greater part of the Turkish empire lies on this side the Euphrates. The Romish and Mahometan affairs ran nearly parallel to each other for several... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:8

8. Unto him To the sun, and not, as some think, to the angel. With ( solar) fire A very intense expression. Note Revelation 18:8. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

9. Blasphemed Penalty sometimes admonishes and reforms, as in Revelation 11:13; but it aggravates the hardened, as here and in Revelation 9:21. Like the hardened Israelites of Isaiah 8:21, these sun-scorched sinners could only “curse their God and look upward.” From the four creation points the avenger now approaches nearer and nearer the beast. Clearly, (notwithstanding Dusterdieck’s denial,) there is a distinct transition from the previous four vials, poured upon points of inanimate... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

b. Fifth vial on kingdom of the beast, Revelation 16:10-11 . 10. Seat More truly, throne. Of the beast As the throne of God is in the temple of the mystic Jerusalem, so, antithetically, the throne of the beast should be in the citadel of the mystic Babylon. Its pride, power, and darkening are chanted in Revelation 18:7-8. Bold and terrible was that stroke of the angel- plague! From that high centre it would radiate darkness through his kingdom; and no wonder his subjects ... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

11. Blasphemed… because… pains It strikingly illustrates this passage to note that the papacy has grown more bold in its theological blasphemies as its political power has waned. The syllabus of Pope Pius IX, and his assumption of infallibility, were his blasphemous defiance of the modern age, wrung from the beast by the plagues upon his throne. Dusterdieck notes, that there is in the four vials no such limitation of the ruin to the third part as appears in the seals and trumpets,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:12

c. Sixth vial on the Euphrates, for the kings of the East, Revelation 16:12 . 12. Great river Euphrates Viewed here not as a part of the framework of creation, but as a symbol of the populations (Revelation 18:3) that sustain Babylon and the beast. Revelation 9:14. This symbol is drawn from a signal passage in profane history. When Cyrus the Great came with his mighty armies from the east, with many a king and prince in command of the various sections of his hosts, to conquer old... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 16:11

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 16:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:12

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