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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: …
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)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; but who this is expositors do not agree. Some understand it of Boniface the third bishop…
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