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Revelation 9:7 KJV
Revelation · chapter 9 · verse 7
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.Revelation 9:7 · King James Version
Revelation 9:7 in context
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preparedhetoimazōto make ready, prepare, to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready…G2090 →
- locustsakrisa locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries…G200 →
- shapeshomoiōmathat which has been made after the likeness of something, a figure, image, likeness…G3667 →
- horseshipposa horseG2462 →
- battlepolemosa war, a fight, a battle, a dispute, strife, quarrelG4171 →
- crownsstephanosa crown, a mark of royal or exalted rank, the wreath or garland which was given as a…G4735 →
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Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12