Revelation 9:15

The four angels were freed who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one 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

14saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

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Cross References

Revelation 8:9and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:5They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

Revelation 9:18By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: from the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded 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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