Revelation 20:9

And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

In Context

8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.

10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

2 Kings 6:15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:2-11

The Binding of Satan. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat… Read the whole commentary →

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