Psalms 103:20

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders! ¹ 

Isaiah 46:10-11

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ²  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

46:11 who summons an eagle ³  from the east,

from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.

Yes, I have decreed, ⁴ 

yes, I will bring it to pass;

I have formulated a plan,

yes, I will carry it out.

Zechariah 1:10-11

1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about ⁵  on the earth.” 1:11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, ⁶  who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”

Zechariah 6:7-8

6:7 All these strong ones ⁷  are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said, “Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so. 6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me ⁸  peace about the northland.” ⁹ 

Revelation 16:2

16:2 So ¹⁰  the first angel ¹¹  went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ¹²  ugly and painful sores ¹³  appeared on the people ¹⁴  who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

Revelation 16:17

16:17 Finally ¹⁵  the seventh angel ¹⁶  poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!”

¹ tn Heb “[you] mighty ones of strength, doers of his word, by listening to the voice of his word.”

² tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”

³ tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).

⁴ tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”

⁵ sn The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (cf. Gen 13:17; Job 1:7; 2:2-3; Ezek 28:14; Zech 6:7). The Lord is here about to claim sovereignty over the nations. Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT “to patrol”; TEV “to go and inspect.”

⁶ sn The angel of the Lord is a special being who throughout the OT represents God himself and on occasion almost approaches divine hypostatization or incarnation (cf. Gen 18:2, 13, 17, 22; Exod 23:20-21; Josh 5:13-15; Judg 6:11-24; 13:2-20).

⁷ tn The present translation takes אֲמֻצִּים (’amutsim, “strong”) to be a descriptive of all the horses – white, black, red, and spotted (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT).

⁸ tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the Lord who exclaims here that the horsemen have accomplished their task of bringing peace.

⁹ sn The immediate referent of peace about the northland is to the peace brought by Persia’s conquest of Babylonia, a peace that allowed the restoration of the Jewish people (cf. 2 Chr 36:22-23; Isa 44:28; 45:1-2). However, there is also an eschatological dimension, referring to a time when there will be perfect and universal peace.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the directions given by the voice from the temple.

¹¹ tn Grk “the first”; the referent (the first angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹³ tn Or “ulcerated sores”; the term in the Greek text is singular but is probably best understood as a collective singular.

¹⁴ tn Grk ‘the men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") and refers to both men and women.

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “finally” to indicate the conclusion of the seven bowl judgments.

¹⁶ tn Grk “the seventh”; the referent (the seventh angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.