Rev 9:1-2 | JFB | STEP | 1. The last three trumpets of the seven are called, from , the woe-trumpets. fall —rather as Greek, "fallen." When John saw it, it was not in the act of falling, but had fallen already. This is a connecting link of this fifth trumpet with , " Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, for the devil is come down, " &c. Compare , "How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning!" the bottomless pit — Greek, "the pit of the abyss"; the orifice of the hell where Satan and his demons dwell.

Revelation of John 9:1-2

1. The last three trumpets of the seven are called, from Re 8:13, the woe-trumpets.

fall—rather as Greek, "fallen." When John saw it, it was not in the act of falling, but had fallen already. This is a connecting link of this fifth trumpet with Re 12:8, 9, 12, "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, for the devil is come down," &c. Compare Isa 14:12, "How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning!"

the bottomless pit—Greek, "the pit of the abyss"; the orifice of the hell where Satan and his demons dwell.