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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In The King James Version

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

14one saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, "Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates."

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

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Cross References

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

Revelation 9:5Yet they were not permitted to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

Revelation 9:18By these three plagues a third of mankind were killed; by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which 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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