Revelation 16:4-7 ESV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 16:1-7

The Seven Vials of Wrath are Poured Out. The emptying of the first three vials: v. 1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. v. 2. And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image. v. 3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 16:1-21

SPECIAL DOCTRINO-ETHICAL AND HOMILETICAL NOTES (ADDENDUM)Section ThirteenthEarth-picture of the Seven Vials of Anger, or the End-judgment in its general aspect. (Ch. 16.)General.—The special homiletical treatment of this section is, like that of others, made more difficult by the disagreement of exegeses. According to Hengstenberg, for instance, the earth denotes the earthly-minded; the sea, the sea of nations, the unquiet wicked world (in antithesis to the earthly-minded!); the fountains of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 16:1-9

Recompense for the Blood of Saints Revelation 16:1-9 It makes us pause to hear that angels, who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, are employed in these terrible judgments. It is very startling to hear their outspoken acquiescence in the plagues that vitiate the earth, sea, springs, and sun. The angel of the waters insists that God has judged righteously, and the altar, beneath which are the souls of the martyrs, assents. Our softer age shrinks from such conceptions of the divine... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

A condensed and graphic description of the processes of judgment on the rebellious and sinful race follows. Evil has wrought itself out to its most terrible expression, and now it is to be smitten without mercy. Everything opened with a great voice sounding from the temple. Terrible physical suffering follows the pouring out of each of the first four bowls. The fifth angel pours his bowl, and the kingdom of the beast is wrapped in darkness. Notwithstanding the unimaginable terror of their... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 16:1-21

Mercy and Punishment Revelation 14:1-20 , Revelation 15:1-8 , Revelation 16:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three chapters in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapter fourteen which we wish to present, by way of introduction. 1. We have one hundred and forty-four thousand redeemed from the earth. The chapter opens with the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, with Him were the one hundred and forty-four thousand. If these one hundred and forty-four thousand are the same as the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:4

‘And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters, and it became blood.’ Now it is man’s water supply that is attacked in some way. The same applies as on v. 3. Here however there is probably a reference to bloody warfare, as suggested by Ezekiel 32:6 where the blood of the armies of Egypt fill the waters. John’s world was familiar with such warfare and it is a characteristic of history. But here we learn it is among other things the sign of God’s wrath against... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:5-7

‘And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, you who are and were, you holy one, because you did thus judge. For they poured out the blood of God’s people (saints) and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They are worthy”. And I heard the altar saying, “Yes Oh Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments”.’ All catastrophic events in nature, and all warfare, are to be seen as God’s judgments because the world is at enmity with God and attacks... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:1-10

Revelation 16:2 . The first bowl. The wrath of God is poured out on the worshippers of the beast, i.e. Antichrist, i.e. Nero.— mark of the beast: Revelation 13:16 *.— worshipped his image: i.e. the image or statue of the emperor ( cf. Revelation 13:14 f.). Revelation 16:3 . The second bowl, like the second trumpet ( Revelation 8:8), destroys the “ living creatures in the sea.” Cf. also the first of the Egyptian plagues ( Exodus 7:7-Ecclesiastes :). Revelation 16:4 . The third... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:4

Mr. Mede and Dr. More both agree in interpreting this of the Jesuits and other popish emissaries, and the laws made for the execution of them in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth, not excluding those civil powers which are the upholders and maintainers of antichrist, as the Spaniard, who also within these last hundred years hath had blood enough given him to drink, both in 1588, and in the Low Countries. It seemeth a little hard to interpret a prophecy relating to the whole church, by what... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:5

This and the two following verses do but express the honour and glory that shall be given unto God, when he shall have accomplished his great work in destroying those who feed, and uphold, and maintain the beast, partly by those instruments he shall use in that work, expressed here by the angel of the waters, partly from others. Thou art righteous. O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus; acknowledging the Lord’s justice and righteousness in such destruction. read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 16:1-7

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 16:1-21

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 16:1-9

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 16:1-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:5-7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:1-10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:5

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