Revelation 16:6

Revelation 16:6

Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood

4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl ^aon the rivers and springs of water, ^band they became blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
^a“You are righteous,¹ O Lord,
The One ^bwho is and who was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.

6 For ^athey have shed the blood ^bof saints and prophets,
^cAnd You have given them blood to drink.
¹For it is their just due.”

7 And I heard¹ another from the altar saying, “Even so, ^aLord God Almighty, ^btrue and righteous are Your judgments.”

Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl ^aon the sun, ^band power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they ^ablasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; ^band they did not repent ^cand give Him glory.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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For (oti). Second causal conjunction (oti) explanatory of the first oti, like the two cases of oti in Revelation 15:4.

They poured out (ecexean). Second aorist active indicative of ekxew with -an instead of -on.

Blood hast thou given them to drink (aima autoiv dedwkav pein). aima (blood) is the emphatic word, measure for measure for shedding the blood of saints and prophets (Revelation 11:18; Revelation 18:24). Perfect active indicative of didwmi, and so a permanent and just punishment. Pein is the abbreviated second aorist active infinitive of pinw for piein (epion). It is the epexegetical infinitive after dedwkav. There was no more drinking-water, but only this coagulated blood.

They are worthy (acioi eisin). "Terrible antithesis" (Swete) to Revelation 3:4. The asyndeton adds to it (Alford).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 16:6:**

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Revelation 16:1
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