Revelation 6:13

And the kokhavim (stars) of Shomayim fell to ha'aretz (the earth), as an etz te'enah (fig tree) casts off its unripe figs when being shaken by a great wind. + 6:13 Isa 34:4

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

In Context

12And I saw when he opened the chotam hashishi (sixth seal), a great earthquake occurred and the shemesh (sun) became shakhor (black) as sackcloth made of hair and the whole levanah (moon) became like dahm. + 6:12 Ps 97:4; Isa 29:6; Ezek 38:19; Isa 50:3

14And Shomayim split apart as a megillah scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. + 6:14 Ps 46:2; Isa 54:10; Jer 4:24; Ezek 38:20; Nah 1:5

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Cross References

Job 15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape like the gefen, 1 and shall cast off his blossom like the zayit (olive tree). 1

Isaiah 33:9Ha'aretz mourneth and languisheth; 1 Levanon is ashamed and shriveled; 1 Sharon is like an aravah; 1 and Bashan and Carmel shake off their foliage. 1

Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall put out thy light, 1 I will cover the Shomayim, 1 and make the kokhavim thereof dark; 1 I will cover the shemesh with an anan (cloud), 1 and the yarei'ach (moon) shall not give her light. 1

Daniel 8:10And it became great, even unto the tzva HaShomayim; and it caused to fall down to the earth some of the host and some of the kokhavim it trampled.

Matthew 24:29Immediately after the Tzarah + 24:29 Mt 24:21 (Tribulation) of those days, the shemesh will be darkened, and the levanah will not give its light. And the kokhavim will fall from Shomayim, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Revelation 8:10And the malach hashlishi (third angel) sounded his shofar; and there fell out of Shomayim a kokhav gadol (great star) blazing as a torch and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the wells of mayim (water). + 8:10 Isa 14:12

Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:10-17

The Opening of the Seals. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their… Read the whole commentary →

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