Revelation 16:14

Revelation 16:14

Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up

12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl ^aon the great river Euphrates, ^band its water was dried up, ^cso that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

13 And I saw three unclean ^aspirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of ^bthe dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of ^cthe false prophet.

14 For they are spirits of demons, ^aperforming signs, which go out to the kings¹ of the earth and of ^bthe whole world, to gather them to ^cthe battle of that great day of God Almighty.

15 ^a“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, ^blest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

16 ^aAnd they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew,¹ Armageddon.

Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken

17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, ^a“It is done!”

18 And ^athere were noises and thunderings and lightnings; ^band there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake ^cas had not occurred since men were on the earth.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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devils—Greek, "demons."

working miracles—Greek, "signs."

go forth unto—or "for," that is, to tempt them to the battle with Christ.

the kings of the earth and, etc.—A, B, Syriac, and ANDREAS omit "of the earth and," which clause is not in any manuscript. Translate, "kings of the whole habitable world," who are "of this world," in contrast to "the kings of (from) the East" (the sun-rising), Revelation 16:12, namely, the saints to whom Christ has appointed a kingdom, and who are "children of light." God, in permitting Satan's miracles, as in the case of the Egyptian magicians who were His instruments in hardening Pharaoh's heart, gives the reprobate up to judicial delusion preparatory to their destruction. As Aaron's rod was changed into a serpent, so were those of the Egyptian magicians. Aaron turned the water into blood; so did the magicians. Aaron brought up frogs; so did the magicians. With the frogs their power ceased. So this, or whatever is antitypical to it, will be the last effort of the dragon, beast, and false prophet.

battle—Greek, "war"; the final conflict for the kingship of the world described in Revelation 19:17-21.

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