Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they . . . they—The subject changes: the first "they" is the locusts; the second is the unsealed.
five months—the ordinary time in the year during which locusts continue their ravages.
their torment—the torment of the sufferers. This fifth verse and Revelation 9:6 cannot refer to an invading army. For an army would kill, and not merely torment.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 9:5:
Joel 2:4
Revelation 9:7
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