Rev 9:1-2, 17-18 | 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

CHAPTER 9 Re 9:1-21. The Fifth Trumpet: The Fallen Star Opens the Abyss Whence Issue Locusts. The Sixth Trumpet. Four Angels at the Euphrates Loosed.

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 Is 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.

‏ Revelation of John 9:17-18

17. thus--as follows.

of fire--the fiery color of the breastplates answering to the fire which issued out of their mouths.

of jacinth--literally, "of hyacinth color," the hyacinth of the ancients answering to our dark blue iris: thus, their dark, dull-colored breastplates correspond to the smoke out of their mouths.

brimstone--sulphur-colored: answering to the brimstone or sulphur out of their mouths.

18. By these three--A, B, C, and Aleph read (apo for kupo), "From"; implying the direction whence the slaughter came; not direct instrumentality as "by" implies. A, B, C, Aleph also add "plagues" after "three." English Version reading, which omits it, is not well supported.

by the fire--Greek, "owing to the fire," literally, "out of."