Verse 12
FOURTH TRUMPET The smitten luminaries, Revelation 8:12.
12. Smitten The wrath expressed by fire and burning in previous trumpets is expressed by a smite in this. This may arise from the fact that to darken luminaries by a fire is a contradictory conception.
Third part of the sun It is the third part of the sun and of each star that is darkened, not the one third of the number of luminaries, nor the whole number one third of the time. Assuming a natural, healthful standard of the amount of light, the perpetual diminution of one third would produce a ghastly twilight, a chill, and a depression of spirits and health provocative of disease and death. Vivid picture of the sad effects of our loss of divine favour by apostasy and persistent sin.
Day… third part of it Not a third part of the time but of the degree of light.
Night likewise This smite of the moon and stars darkens the dimness of night, as that of the sun the brightness of day.
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