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.
15a“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.”
16aAnd 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, eachhailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
They gathered (sunhgagen). Second aorist active indicative of sunagw, singular (the three unclean spirits), like ekporeuetai in verse Revelation 16:14.
Har-Magedon (ar-Magedwn). John proceeds now after the interruption in verse Revelation 16:15. Perhaps "the mountains of Megiddo" though not certain. Megiddo is in the valley of Esdraelon, and by the waters of Megiddo (the Kishon) Israel gained a decisive victory over Sisera (Judges 5:19), celebrated in Deborah's song. See also Revelation 20:8 ff. and Ezekiel 39:2, Ezekiel 39:4.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 16:16:
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