Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Revelation: Revelation Chapter 9

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Revelation Chapter 9

Overview

Rev 9:1, At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit; Rev 9:2, He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions; Rev 9:12, The first woe past; Rev 9:13, The sixth trumpet sounds; Rev 9:14, Four angels are let loose, that were bound.

Revelation 9:1

rev 9:1

the fifth: Rev 9:12, Rev 9:13, Rev 8:6-8, Rev 8:10,Rev 8:12, Rev 11:14, Rev 11:15

a star: Rev 1:20, Rev 8:10; Isa 14:12; Luk 10:18; Th2 2:3-8; Ti2 3:1-5

to him: Rev 1:18, Rev 20:1

the bottomless: Rev 9:2, Rev 9:11, Rev 17:8, Rev 20:10; Luk 8:31; Rom 10:7 *Gr.

Revelation 9:2

rev 9:2

there: Rev 9:17, Rev 14:11; Gen 15:17, Gen 19:28; Isa 14:31; Joe 2:30; Act 2:19

and the sun: Rev 8:12; Exo 10:21-23; Joe 2:2, Joe 2:10

Revelation 9:3

rev 9:3

locusts: Exo 10:4-15; Jdg 7:12; Isa 33:4; Joe 1:4, Joe 2:25; Nah 3:15, Nah 3:17

as: Rev 9:5, Rev 9:10,Rev 9:11; Deu 8:15; Kg1 12:11; Eze 2:6; Luk 10:19

Revelation 9:4

rev 9:4

that they: Rev 6:6, Rev 7:3; Job 1:10,Job 1:12; Psa 76:10; Mat 24:24; Ti2 3:8, Ti2 3:9

hurt: Rev 8:7

but: Corrupt and idolatrous Christians; against whom the Saracens chiefly prevailed.

which: Rev 7:3, Rev 7:4, Rev 14:1; Exo 12:23; Job 2:6; Eze 9:4, Eze 9:6; Eph 4:30

Revelation 9:5

rev 9:5

it was: Rev 13:5, Rev 13:7; Dan 5:18-22, Dan 7:6; Joh 19:11

they should not: That is, should not kill them as a political body, state, or empire; and accordingly, however they desolated the Greek and Latin churches, they could not extirpate them, nor gain possession of the empire. Rev 11:7; Job 2:6

they should be: Rev 9:10

five: Five prophetical months, each consisting of 30 days, and each day denoting a year, amount to 150 years; and accordingly, from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture ad 612, the building of Bagdad, when they ceased from their ravages, ad 763, are just 150 years.

and their: Rev 9:3

Revelation 9:6

rev 9:6

shall men: Rev 6:16; Sa2 1:9; Job 3:20-22, Job 7:15, Job 7:16; Isa 2:19; Jer 8:3; Hos 10:8; Joh 4:8, Joh 4:9; Luk 23:30

Revelation 9:7

rev 9:7

the shapes: Joe 2:4, Joe 2:5; Nah 3:17

their faces: Dan 7:4, Dan 7:8

Revelation 9:8

rev 9:8

hair: Kg2 9:30; Isa 3:24; Co1 11:14, Co1 11:15; Ti1 2:9; Pe1 3:3

and their: Psa 57:4; Joe 1:6

Revelation 9:9

rev 9:9

they had: Rev 9:17; Job 40:18, Job 41:23-30; Joe 2:8

and the: Job 39:25; Isa 9:5; Joe 2:5-7; Nah 2:4, Nah 2:5

Revelation 9:10

rev 9:10

tails: Rev 9:3, Rev 9:5

Revelation 9:11

rev 9:11

they had: Rev 12:9; Joh 12:31, Joh 14:30, Joh 16:11; Co2 4:4; Eph 2:2; Jo1 4:4, Jo1 5:19

the angel: Rev 9:1

Abaddon: that is, a destroyer, Joh 8:44

Revelation 9:12

rev 9:12

woe: Rev 9:1, Rev 9:2

two: Rev 9:13-21, Rev 8:13, Rev 11:14

Revelation 9:13

rev 9:13

the sixth: Rev 9:1

a voice: Rev 8:3-5; Heb 9:24, Heb 10:21

Revelation 9:14

rev 9:14

to the: Rev 8:2, Rev 8:6

loose: Rev 9:15, Rev 16:12

the great: Gen 2:14; Sa2 8:3; Jer 51:63

Revelation 9:15

rev 9:15

for: or, at

an hour: Rev 9:5, Rev 9:10

for to: Rev 9:18, Rev 8:7, Rev 8:9, Rev 8:11, Rev 8:12

Revelation 9:16

rev 9:16

the number: Psa 68:17; Dan 7:10

horsemen: Eze 23:6, Eze 38:4; Dan 11:40

I heard: Rev 7:4

Revelation 9:17

rev 9:17

having: This appears to point out the scarlet, blue and yellow colours, for which the Turks have always been remarkable. The "four angels bound in the Euphrates" denote their four sultanies bordering on that river, where they were confined till after the period of the Crusades. The time for which they were prepared, "an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year," computing a year for each day, amounts to 391 years, 15 days; and from their first conquest over the Christians, ad 1281, to the taking of Cameniec from the Poles, ad 1672, which was the last conquest by which their dominion was extended, is exactly that period. Rev 9:9

jacinth: Rev 21:20

brimstone: Rev 9:18, Rev 14:10, Rev 19:20, Rev 21:8; Gen 19:24; Psa 11:6; Isa 30:33; Eze 33:22

as the: Ch1 12:8; Isa 5:28, Isa 5:29

Revelation 9:18

rev 9:18

the third: Rev 9:15, Rev 9:17

Revelation 9:19

rev 9:19

in their tails: Rev 9:10; Isa 9:15; Eph 4:14

Revelation 9:20

rev 9:20

And the: That is, those of the Latin and Greek churches, who escaped destruction, still persisted in their idolatrous worship of demons, etc.