Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The smoke of their torment (o kapnov tou basanismou autwn). See Revelation 9:5 for basanismov, only there it was a limited penalty, here it is "for ever and ever" (eiv aiwnav aiwnwn, unto ages of ages). See also Revelation 18:9; Revelation 19:3; Revelation 20:10.
They have no rest (ouk exousin anapausin). The very language used in Revelation 4:8 of the four living creatures in praising God. "Those who desert Christ for Caesar will be the victims of a remorse that never dies or sleeps" (Swete). The rest of the verse repeats the solemn challenge of verse Revelation 14:9.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 14:11:
Revelation 4:8
Revelation 8:4
Revelation 9:5
Revelation 13:14
Revelation 13:16
Revelation 14:1
Revelation 14:9
Revelation 15:2
Revelation 16:2
Revelation 16:13
Revelation 18:7
Revelation 19:3
Revelation 20:10
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