Revelation 16:8-12 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.And they were scorched with great heat ... The wars, revolutions, social unrest, bitterness and frustrations of our present times may only be a token of what is indicated by this. The less true light possessed by people from the word of God, the more they are scorched and burned by the fires of evil.They blasphemed ... they repented not ... Eller... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast ... The kingdom of the world, marshaled by Satan against God and his truth, is the object of this judgment, particularly irreligious, atheistic, humanistic states. "This throne of the beast may aptly apply to the Roman Empire in John's day, but its position varies at different times. Wherever the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.See notes on Revelation 16:9, which is very similar. The fact of the bowl-judgments being collective is seen in this mention of their sores, which are associated with the first bowl (Revelation 16:2). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:12

And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.And the sixth poured out his bowl ... upon the Euphrates ... Pieters thought that, "The interpretation of this has not been found, and probably cannot be found."[32] Despite this, he mentioned an understanding of it that might well have the key to what is meant:Dr. Grijdamus looks upon the Euphrates as the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:8-9

Revelation 16:8-9. The forth angel poured out his vial upon the sun, &c.— As the fourth trumpet affected the sun, ch. Revelation 8:12. so likewise the fourth vial is poured out upon the sun. An intense heat ensues, &c. Revelation 16:9. Whether by this intense heat of the sun, is meant literally uncommon sultry seasons; or figuratively, a most tyrannical exercise of arbitrary power, by those who may be called the sun in the firmament of the beast—the Pope, or emperor—time must discover.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:10-11

Revelation 16:10-11. The fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat, &c.— The fifth vial is poured out upon the seat or throne of the beast, and his kingdom becomes full of darkness, as Egypt did under her ninth plague, Exodus 10:21. This is some great calamity which shall fall upon Rome itself, and shall darken and confound the whole antichristian empire. But still the consequences of this plague are much the same as those of the foregoing; for the sufferers, instead of repenting of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:12-16

Revelation 16:12-16. The sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, &c.— Whether by Euphrates be meant the river so called, or only a mystic Euphrates; and whether by the kings of the East be meant the Jews in particular, or any eastern potentates in general, can be matters only of conjecture, till the event shall make the determination. Whoever they be, they appear to threaten the ruin and destruction of the kingdom of the beast, and therefore of the agents or... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:8

8. angel—so Coptic and ANDREAS. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac omit it. upon—not as in Revelation 16:2; Revelation 16:3, "into." sun—Whereas by the fourth trumpet the sun is darkened (Revelation 16:3- :) in a third part, here by the fourth vial the sun's bright scorching power is intensified. power was given unto him—rather, "unto it," the sun. men—Greek, "the men," namely, those who had the mark of the beast (Revelation 16:3- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:9

9. men—Greek, "the men." repented not to give him glory— (Revelation 9:20). Affliction, if it does not melt, hardens the sinner. Compare the better result on others, Revelation 11:13; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 15:4. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:10

10. angel—omitted by A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac. But Coptic and ANDREAS support it. seat—Greek, "throne of the beast": set up in arrogant mimicry of God's throne; the dragon gave his throne to the beast ( :-). darkness—parallel to the Egyptian plague of darkness, Pharaoh being the type of Antichrist (compare Notes, see on :-; compare the fifth trumpet, :-). gnawed their tongues for pain—Greek, "owing to the pain" occasioned by the previous plagues, rendered more appalling by the darkness.... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:8-9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:10-11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:12-16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:10

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