Rev 8:9-13 | Abbott

Revelation of John 8:9-13

And the night likewise; that is, the nocturnal light, given by the moon and stars, as well as that of the day, was dimmed.

Woe, woe, woe, &c.; implying that the trumpets of the three remaining angels portended still heavier calamities than those which had been announced. There is great difference of opinion in regard to the interpretation which is to be put upon the visions of the four first trumpets,—some commentators applying each specifically to some particular calamity recorded in history, while others regard them as intended to express only the general idea of disaster and suffering, by different images and varied forms of expression.