Revelation 9:15

The four angels who had been prepared for that hour, that day, that month, and that year, were released to kill 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

14The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.”

16The number of the soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000. I heard their number.

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Cross References

Revelation 8:9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:5They were not given permission to kill those people, but only to torture them for five months. Their agony would be like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a person.

Revelation 9:18A third of the people were killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of 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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