Revelation 9:19-10:11 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:19

For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt.One of the evident purposes of this verse is that of linking this vision with that of the previous fifth trumpet. "The deadliness of the tails links this vision with the preceding."[75] Thus there appears here the true nature of those false views which are adopted by mankind contrary to the revealed will of God. They are not merely innocent and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:16-19

Revelation 9:16-19. The number of the army, &c.— A description is here given of the forces, and of the means and instruments bywhich the Othmans should effect the ruin of the Eastern empire. Their army is described as very numerous,—myriads of myriads; and when Mohammed the second besieged Constantinople, he had 400,000 men in his army, besides a powerful fleet of thirty larger, and two hundred lesser ships. They are described too, chiefly, as horsemen; and so they are described also by... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:19

19. their—A, B, C and Aleph read, "the power of the horses." in their mouth—whence issued the fire, smoke, and brimstone ( :-). Many interpreters understand the horsemen to refer to the myriads of Turkish cavalry arrayed in scarlet, blue, and yellow (fire, hyacinth, and brimstone), the lion-headed horses denoting their invincible courage, and the fire and brimstone out of their mouths, the gunpowder and artillery introduced into Europe about this time, and employed by the Turks; the tails, like... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-19

A deadly attack 9:13-19 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-21

The sixth trumpet (second woe) 9:13-21As will become evident, the severity of these judgments increases as the trumpets (woes) unfold. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:19

This added description of the horses supports the conclusion that they represent angelic instruments of divine judgment other than natural horses. Some interpreters have suggested that what they represent are modern weapons that shoot both forward and backward, such as missiles. The locusts had the power to injure like scorpions with their tails (Revelation 9:10), but these horses have power to kill like serpents with their tails, which is worse (cf. Revelation 9:15). read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:19

9:19 power (g-3) Exousia . see ver. 10. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

The Fifth and Sixth TrumpetsThese herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency.1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fallen to the earth, i.e. an angel who has descended from heaven (cp. Revelation 1:20), not necessarily an evil angel (Revelation 9:1), opens the pit of the abyss. The ’abyss’ is the abode of evil spirits or demons, and the ’pit’ is the shaft which was supposed to lead to it. St. John uses this Jewish... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 9:1-21

Revelation 9:2 Milton alludes to this passage in the great apostrophe towards the close of his Reformation in England, where he invites the Triune God on behalf of England's peace and purity. 'Look upon this, Thy poor and almost spent and expiring Church, leave her not thus a prey to these importunate wolves, that wait and think long till they devour Thy tender flock; these wild boars that have broke into Thy vineyard, and left the print of their polluting hoofs upon the souls of Thy servants.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

CHAPTER 9 Revelation 9:1-12 . The remaining three trumpets have a “woe” attached to each. This is announced in the last verse of the preceding chapter, where the word angel should be “eagle.” An eagle, the bird of prey, proclaims the threefold woe. He acts thus as a herald of great judgments (Matthew 24:28 , Revelation 19:17-18 ). The fifth trumpet is a special judgment upon apostate Israel: because those who suffer are they “which have not the seal of God on their foreheads” (Revelation 9:4... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:16-19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:13-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:19

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 9:19

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 9:1-21

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

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