10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial * upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, • and repented not of their deeds. 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. f whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. REV. ix. 20: The rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver. w REV. xi. 13: And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. do. xiv. 7: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. * REV. xiii. 2: The beast which I saw was like unto a leopard-and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. y REV. ix. 2: He opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. REV. xi. 10: These two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. a See on ver. ix. 21. b Ver. 2. c Ver. 9. REV. ix. 14: Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. JER. 1. 38: A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up. do. li. 32, 36: The passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee: and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. REV. xvii. 5. f ISA. xli. 2, 25: Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and 13 And I saw three unclean come out of the mouth of the of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. m k 14 For they are the spirits of devils, 6 1 working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the "whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 6 demons. Wh. made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name : and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 8 ↑ JOHN, iv. 1-3: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. REV. xii. 3, 9: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. The great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. i REV. xix. 20: The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him. do. xx. 10: The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are. 1 TIM. iv. 1: Giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. JAMES, iii. 15: This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. I See on MAT. xxiv. 24. m REV. xvii. 2. n LUKE, ii. 1: There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 1 JOHN, v. 19: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. Ver. 16. REV. xvii. 13, 14. do. xix. 19: I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together 15 Behold, I come P as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he "walk' naked, and they see his shame. r 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great "earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. X 19 And the "great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And z every island mountains were not found. fled away, and the 7 be found. Co. Ma. 8 they. Ham. 9 loud. Rh. to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. do. xx. 8: [Satan] shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. P See on MAT. xxiv. 43. 4 See on MAT. xxii. 11. r See on ver. 14. S REV. xxi. 6: He said unto me, It is done. * See on REV. iv. 5. " See on REV. vi. 12. ▾ DAN. xii. 1: There shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. " See on REV. xiv. 8. * REV. xviii. 5: Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God remembered her iniquities. y See on REV. xiv. 10. See on REV. vi. 14. b 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. с CHAP. XVII. 3, 4 A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand, sitteth upon the beast, 5 which is great Babylon, the mother of all abominations: 9 the interpretation of the seven heads, 12 and the ten horns: 8 the punishment of the whore: 14 the victory of the Lamb. а AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that d sitteth upon many waters : с a REV. xi. 19: There were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. b See on ver. 9, 11. C EXOD. ix. 23-25: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. CHAP. XVII. a REV. xxi. 9: There came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues. REV. xvi. 19. do. xviii. 16, 17, 19. Ver. 5. 2 KINGS, ix. 22: It came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? NAHUM, iii. 4: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. REV. xix. 2: He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. d Ver. 15. JER. li. 13: 0 thou that dwellest upon many e 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the s wilderness : and I saw a woman sit h upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having k seven heads and 'ten horns. n 4 And the woman was " arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and " decked 1 with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: : 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, 1 Gr. gilded. A. V. waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. e REV. xviii. 3. JER. li. 7: Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. REV. xiv. 8: Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. do. xviii. 3. 8 Rev. xii. 6, 14 : And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness. » Rev. xii. 3: There appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns. 1 REV. xiii. 1: I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. k Ver. 9. 1 Ver. 12. m REV. xviii. 12, 16. n DAN. xi. 38: But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. JER. li. 7. REV. xviii. 6. See on do. xiv. 8. |