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Revelation 9:12-14
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12 The first woe has passed, but there are two more to come.

The Sixth Trumpet.[a] 13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the [four][b] horns of the gold altar before God,(A) 14 telling the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels[c] who are bound at the banks of the great river Euphrates.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:13–21 The sixth trumpet heralds a woe representing another diabolical attack symbolized by an invasion by the Parthians living east of the Euphrates; see note on Rev 6:2. At the appointed time (Rev 9:15), the frightful horses act as God’s agents of judgment. The imaginative details are not to be taken literally; see Introduction and the note on Rev 6:12–14.
  2. 9:13 [Four]: many Greek manuscripts and versions omit the word. The horns were situated at the four corners of the altar (Ex 27:2; 30:2–3); see note on Rev 8:3.
  3. 9:14–15 The four angels: they are symbolic of the destructive activity that will be extended throughout the universe.
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