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Revelation 19:18
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16 And aHe has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: bKING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.  

The Beast and His Armies Defeated

17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, a“Come and gather together for the1 supper of the great God,  
18 athat you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people,1 free and slave, both small and great.”  
19 aAnd I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.  
20 aThen the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and bthose who worshiped his image. cThese two were cast alive into the lake of fire dburning with brimstone.  
21 And the rest awere killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. bAnd all the birds cwere filled with their flesh. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Revelation 19:18

Contrast with this "supper," Revelation 19:17-18, the marriage supper of the Lamb, Revelation 19:9.

captains—Greek, "captains of thousands," that is, chief captains. The "kings" are "the ten" who "give their power unto the beast."

free and bond—specified in Revelation 13:16, as "receiving the mark of the beast." The repetition of flesh (in the Greek it is plural: masses of flesh) five times in this verse, marks the gross carnality of the followers of the beast. Again, the giving of their flesh to the fowls to eat, is a righteous retribution for their not suffering the dead bodies of Christ's witnesses to be put in graves.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 19:18:

Isaiah 2:13
Isaiah 59:17
Jeremiah 7:33
Daniel 7:9
Zechariah 6:7
Zechariah 14:12
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Revelation 11:9
Revelation 12:7
Revelation 13:1
Revelation 14:14
Revelation 16:14
Revelation 19:18

 

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