Revelation 6:15

Then the kings of the earth and the important people, and the generals, and the rich, and the powerful, and everyone else, slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

In Context

14The sky vanished like a scroll that was being rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

16They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us! Hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the Lamb's wrath.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:16Now the five kings had escaped and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble—for the people were distressed, the people hid in caves, in the underbrush, in rocks, in wells, and in pits.

Psalms 2:10So now, you kings, be warned; 1 be corrected, you rulers of the earth. 1

Psalms 76:12He cuts off the spirit of the princes; 1 he is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:10Go into the rocky places and hide in the ground 1 from the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty. 1

Isaiah 2:21The people will go into the crevices in the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, 1 from the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 1

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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