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Revelation 16:9 KJV
Revelation · chapter 16 · verse 9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.Revelation 16:9 · King James Version
Revelation 16:9 in context
7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- blasphemedblasphēmeōto speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme, to be evil spoken of…G987 →
- scorchedkaumatizōto burn with heat, to scorch, to be tortured with intense heatG2739 →
- repentedmetanoeōto change one's mindG3340 →
- plaguesplēgēa blow, stripe, a wound, a public calamity, heavy affliction, plagueG4127 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
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In these verses we see the work going on in the appointed order. The fourth angel poured out his vial, and that fell upon the sun; that is, say some, upon some eminent prince of the popish communion, who should renounce their false religion a little while before his utter downfall;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-11