Revelation 16:16

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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.

19 Now ^athe great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And ^bgreat Babylon ^cwas remembered before God, ^dto give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.

20 Then ^aevery island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.

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Adam Clarke

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Revelation 16:16

Armageddon - The original of this word has been variously formed, and variously translated. It is ־ har -megiddon , "the mount of the assembly;" or chormah gedehon , "the destruction of their army;" or it is ־ har -megiddo , "Mount Megiddo," the valley of which was remarkable for two great slaughters: one of the Israelites, II Kings 23:29, the other of the Canaanites, Judges 4:16; Judges 5:19. But Mount Megiddo, that is Carmel, is the place, according to some, where these armies should be collected.

But what is the battle of Armageddon? How ridiculous have been the conjectures of men relative to this point! Within the last twenty years this battle has been fought at various places, according to our purblind seers and self-inspired prophets! At one time it was Austerlitz, at another Moscow, at another Leipsic, and now Waterloo! And thus they have gone on, and will go on, confounding and being confounded.

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