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Revelation 8:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
Revelation 8:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And the Angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the Altar, and cast it into the earth, and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquake.
6 [a]Then the seven Angels, which had the seven trumpets, prepared themselves to blow the trumpets.
7 [b]So the first Angel blew the trumpet, and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast into the earth, and the third part of trees was burnt, and all green grass was burnt.
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- Revelation 8:6 This is the work of the administers. The Angels the administers of Christ, only by sounding trumpet and voice (for they are only as Heralds) do effectual call forth the instruments of the wrath of God, through his power. Hitherto have been things general. Now followeth the narration of things particular, which the Angels fix in number wrought in their order set out in verse 19 of the next chap., and is concluded with the declaration of the event which followed upon these things done in the world, and in chapters 10 and 11.
- Revelation 8:7 The first execution at the sound of the first Angel upon the earth, that is, the inhabitants of the earth (by Metonymy) and upon all the fruits thereof: as the comparing of this verse with the second member of verse 9 doth not obscurely declare.
Revelation 8:5-7
New International Version
Revelation 8:5-7
New International Version
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,(A) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,(B) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(C)
The Trumpets
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets(D) prepared to sound them.
7 The first angel(E) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire(F) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third(G) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.(H)
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