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Text -- Revelation 9:1-18 (NET)
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9:1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet , and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth , and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss .
9:2 He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace . The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft .
9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth , and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth .
9:4 They were told not to damage the grass of the earth , or any green plant or tree , but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead .
9:5 The locusts were not given permission to kill them , but only to torture them for five months , and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person .
9:6 In those days people will seek death , but will not be able to find it ; they will long to die , but death will flee from them .
9:7 Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle . On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold , and their faces looked like men’s faces .
9:8 They had hair like women’s hair , and their teeth were like lions’ teeth .
9:9 They had breastplates like iron breastplates , and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle .
9:10 They have tails and stingers like scorpions , and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails .
9:11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss , whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon , and in Greek , Apollyon .
9:12 The first woe has passed , but two woes are still coming after these things !
9:13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet , and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God ,
9:14 saying to the sixth angel , the one holding the trumpet , “Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates !”
9:15 Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour , day , month , and year were set free to kill a third of humanity .
9:16 The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million ; I heard their number .
9:17 Now this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision : The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue , and sulfurous yellow in color. The heads of the horses looked like lions ’ heads , and fire , smoke , and sulfur came out of their mouths .
9:18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues , that is, by the fire , the smoke , and the sulfur that came out of their mouths .
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NET Notes -> Rev 9:1; Rev 9:1; Rev 9:1; Rev 9:2; Rev 9:2; Rev 9:2; Rev 9:3; Rev 9:3; Rev 9:4; Rev 9:4; Rev 9:4; Rev 9:4; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:5; Rev 9:6; Rev 9:6; Rev 9:6; Rev 9:6; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:8; Rev 9:9; Rev 9:10; Rev 9:10; Rev 9:11; Rev 9:12; Rev 9:13; Rev 9:13; Rev 9:14; Rev 9:14; Rev 9:15; Rev 9:15; Rev 9:15; Rev 9:15; Rev 9:16; Rev 9:16; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:17; Rev 9:18
NET Notes: Rev 9:1 On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:2...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:2 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
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NET Notes: Rev 9:3 See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:4 The article τῶν (twn) has been translated as a possessive pronoun here (ExSyn 215).
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NET Notes: Rev 9:5 Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being l...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:6 The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mh) in the Greek...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:7 Or “human faces.” The Greek term ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is often used in a generic sense, referring ...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:8 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
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NET Notes: Rev 9:9 Or perhaps, “scales like iron breastplates” (RSV, NRSV) although the Greek term θώραξ (qwrax) would have to shif...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:10 See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:12 Grk “behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the conte...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:13 ‡ Several key mss (Ì47 א1 A 0207 1611 2053 2344 pc lat syh co) lack the word τεσσάρων (tessar...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:14 On λῦσον (luson) BDAG 606-7 s.v. λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie – a. lit. a pers., animal,...
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NET Notes: Rev 9:15 Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.
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