Revelation 9:15

Then the four angels, that were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year, were let loose, to destroy a third of mankind.

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And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

In Context

14It spoke to the sixth angel – the angel with the trumpet – and said ‘Let loose the four angels that are in chains at the great river Euphrates.’

16The number of the hosts of cavalry was ten thousand times ten thousand, twice told; I heard their number.

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Cross References

Revelation 8:9and a third part of all created things that are in the sea – that is, of all living things – died, and a third of the ships was destroyed.

Revelation 9:5Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a person.

Revelation 9:18Through these three curses a third of humanity perished – because of the fire, and the smoke, and the sulfur that issued from their mouths;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:14-21

The Seventh Trumpet. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of… Read the whole commentary →

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