6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? …
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We had in the foregoing chapter the great and solemn preparation that was made for the pouring out of the vials; now we have the performance of that work. Here observe, I. That, though every thing was made ready before, yet nothing was to be put in execution without an immediate positive order from God; and this he gave out of the temple, answering the prayers of his people, and avenging their qua…
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