he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
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Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
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he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
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the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he shalbe punnysshed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe.
And the smoke of their turment ascendeth vp evermore. And they have no rest daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoever receaveth the prynt of his name.
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The same shall drinke of the wine of ye wrath of God, yea, of the pure wine, which is powred into the cup of his wrath, and he shalbe tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy Angels, and before the Lambe.
And the smoke of their torment shall ascend euermore: and they shall haue no rest day nor night, which worship the beast and his image, and whosoeuer receiueth the print of his name.
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- Isaiah 34:10 (v11) It won’t be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass…
- Isaiah 51:17 (v10) Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of…
- Psalms 75:8 (v10) For in Yahweh’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and…
- Revelation 16:19 (v10) The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to…
- Psalms 11:6 (v10) On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
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- Jeremiah 25:15-17 (v10) For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you…
- Revelation 19:3 (v11) A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”
- Matthew 25:41 (vv10–11) Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his…
- Revelation 20:10 (vv10–11) The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be…
- Matthew 25:46 (v11) These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Revelation 18:6 (v10) Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her…
- Revelation 19:20 (v10) The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the…
- Revelation 21:8 (v10) But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in…
- Genesis 19:24 (v10) Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 (v10) that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow…
- Job 21:20 (v10) Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 (v10) punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, who will pay the penalty: eternal…
- Isaiah 30:33 (v10) For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood.…
- Isaiah 33:14 (v11) The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live…
- Isaiah 51:21-22 (v10) Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Your Lord Yahweh, your God who pleads the cause of his people,…
- Mark 9:43-49 (v11) If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go…
- Luke 16:23-24 (v11) In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham,…
- Jude 1:7 (v10) Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone…
- Revelation 14:9 (v11) Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his…
- Revelation 18:18 (v11) and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
- Genesis 19:28 (v11) He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a…
- Isaiah 29:9 (v10) Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- Isaiah 34:9 (v10) Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
- Jeremiah 25:27 (v10) “You shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword…
- Ezekiel 20:48 (v10) All flesh will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.” ’ ”
- Habakkuk 2:16 (v10) You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and…
- Matthew 13:41-42 (v10) The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do…
- Matthew 13:49-50 (v10) So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, and will cast them into the…
- Revelation 5:13-14 (v11) I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits…
- Revelation 9:17-18 (v10) Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the…
- Revelation 18:3 (v10) For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with…
- Exodus 15:18 (v11) Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”
- Job 18:15 (v10) There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
- Psalms 10:16 (v11) Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
- Psalms 37:34 (v10) Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Psalms 60:3 (v10) You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
- Psalms 91:8 (v10) You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
- Psalms 145:1 (v11) I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 49:12 (v10) For Yahweh says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go…
- Jeremiah 51:57 (v10) I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not…
- Lamentations 4:21 (v10) Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will…
- Matthew 20:22 (v10) But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the…
- Matthew 26:39 (v10) He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me;…
- Hebrews 1:8 (v11) But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
- Revelation 4:8-10 (v11) The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying,…
- Revelation 7:12 (v11) saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
- Revelation 11:15 (v11) The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and…
- Deuteronomy 28:65 (v11) Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling…
- Psalms 52:6 (v10) The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
- Psalms 73:10 (v10) Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
- Isaiah 57:20 (v11) But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
- Joel 2:30 (v11) I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
- Matthew 11:28 (v11) “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Revelation 13:12 (v11) He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast,…
- Revelation 22:5 (v11) There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv10–11 10 The same shall drink of the wine of…
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Ver. 10. Of the wine of the wrath of God] Wine for wine. God delights to retaliate and proportion; as he that said, Fumos vendidit, fumo pereat, He sold smoke, and by smoke let him perish. Imposturam faciunt et patientur, as the emperor said of them that sold glass for pearls: They deceived others, themselves shall be deceived much more.
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Without mixture] viz. Of mercy, with which God usually moderateth the cup of believers’ afflictions. See Jas 2:13. They only sip off the top of God’s cup, Illud tantum quod suavius est et limpidius: That which is so sweet and so clear. Reprobates drink the dregs. They shall have an evil, an only evil without mixture of mercy, Eze 7:5. Judgment without mercy, darkness without light. Philosophers say that in this world non dantur purae tenebrae, there is no mere darkness; but reprobates, that here preferred darkness before light, shall be cast into utter darkness without the least glimpse of light. Non surget hic afflictio. God will make an utter end; "Affliction shall not rise up the second time," Nah 1:9. The wicked shall be totally and finally consumed at once.
In the presence of the holy angels] Who shall be not spectators only, but executioners also, as once at Sodom.
In the presence of the Lamb] Notwithstanding their Agnus Dei, Lamb of God and other superstitious trumperies.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv10–11 Those that do yield a subjection to him, and…
Those that do yield a subjection to him, and profess his faith,
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God; that is, shall feel the severity of God’s judicial dispensations, which in Scripture are expressed by the wine cup of his fury, Jer 25:15; see also Job 21:20; Psa 75:8; Isa 51:17; either from the intoxicating quality of wine, or the stupifying quality of it, when mixed with myrrh, or other stupifying things. But here it is said without mixture, which signifies their sensible feeling of the effects of Divine wrath.
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And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; that is, in short, he shall go to hell at last; the exquisiteness of which torments, as to the pain of sense, is set out by fire and brimstone; brimstone being a material in which fire holds longest to torment any flesh put into it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–11 The same shall drink of the wine of the…
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,.... Which is a just punishment for their sin; that as such have drank of the wine of the wrath of Rome's fornication, Rev 14:8 so they shall now drink of the wine of God's wrath; it is usual in Scripture to express the punishment God inflicts upon wicked men by his wrath, and by the wine cup of his fury; and their suffering such punishment, by their drinking of it; see Jer 25:15 so , "the wine of wrath", is a phrase used by the Jews (q):
which is poured out without mixture, into the cup of his indignation; sometimes called a cup of fury and of trembling, Isa 51:17 and is sometimes said to be full of mixture, Psa 75:8 of various ingredients of wrath and fury; and the words may be rendered here, "which is mixed without mixture": and though it seems to carry in it a contradiction, yet is true in different senses; it may be said to be mixed as wine with various sorts, which is the stronger, and sooner inebriates and intoxicates; or in allusion to the cup the Jews gave to malefactors, to stupefy them, when going to execution, which had various things put in it for that purpose; See Gill on Mar 15:23 and so designs the several ingredients in the cup of divine indignation, or the several ways in which God expresses his wrath; and yet it is without mixture; it is judgment without mercy, pure wrath, without the least allay; not so much as a drop of cold water granted, or the least your shown, or any mitigation of fury for a moment:
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and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone: in allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, which are now a burning and a sulphurous lake, called Asphaltites, and is an example, pattern, and similitude of the vengeance of eternal fire, Jde 1:7 and hence the beast and false prophet are said to be cast into such a lake, Rev 19:20 and here their followers will be punished; which is expressive of the horrible torments of hell, and the dreadful punishment of the antichristian party there; see Psa 11:6 and what will aggravate their misery is, that it will be
in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; the latter will be their Judge, and will condemn them to everlasting burnings, and pronounce the sentence on them; and the former will be the executioners of it; they will gather them out, and sever them from the righteous, and cast them into the furnace of fire, and will be spectators of their punishment, and rejoice at it; and the sight of their power and glory will increase the torment of the sufferers.
(q) Zohar in Gen. fol. 51. 4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv10–11 He shall drink - With Babylon, chap. xvi, 19.…
He shall drink - With Babylon, chap. xvi, 19. And shall be tormented - With the beast, chap. xx, 10. In all the scripture there is not another so terrible threatening as this. And God by this greater fear arms his servants against the fear of the beast. The wrath of God, which is poured unmixed - Without any mixture of mercy; without hope. Into the cup of his indignation - And is no real anger implied in all this? O what will not even wise men assert, to serve an hypothesis!
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv10–11 Verse 10. The wine of the wrath of God]…
Verse 10. The wine of the wrath of God] As they have drunk the intoxicating wine of idolatry or spiritual fornication, they shall now drink the wine of God's wrath, which is poured out into the cup of his indignation. This is an allusion to the poisoned cup, which certain criminals were obliged to drink, on which ensued speedy death. See Clarke on Heb 2:9.
Shall be tormented with fire and brimstone] An allusion to the punishment of Sodom and Gomorrha for their unnatural crimes.
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Presence of the holy angels, and-of the Lamb] These being the instruments employed in their destruction; the Lamb-the Lord Jesus Christ, acting as judge.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv10–11 The same shall drink of the wine of the…
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God - See notes on Rev 14:8. The “wine of the wrath of God” is the cup in the hand of the Lord, which, when drunk, makes them reel and fall. The image would seem to have been taken from the act of holding out a cup of poison to a condemned man that he might drink and die. See the sentiment here expressed illustrated in the notes on Isa 51:17.
Which is poured out without mixture - Without being diluted with water - that is, in its full strength. In other words, there would be no mitigation of the punishment.
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Into the cup of his indignation - The cup held in his hand, and given them to drink. This is expressive of his indignation, as it causes them to reel and fall. The sentiment here is substantially the same, though in another form, as what is expressed in 2Th 2:12. See the notes on that verse.
And he shall be tormented - Shall be punished in a manner that would be well represented by being burned with fire and brimstone. On the meaning of this word see the notes on Rev 9:5; Rev 11:10. Compare also Rev 18:7, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:15; Rev 20:10; Mat 8:29; Mar 5:7; Luk 8:28. The word commonly denotes “severe torture.”
With fire and brimstone - As if with burning sulphur. See the notes on Luk 17:28-30. Compare Psa 11:6; Job 18:15; Isa 30:33; Eze 38:22. The imagery is taken from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen 19:24. The common representation of the punishment of the wicked is, that it will be in the manner here represented, Mat 5:22; Mat 13:42; Mat 18:9; Mat 25:41; Mar 9:44-48; 2Pe 3:7; Jud 1:7; Rev 20:14. Compare the Mat 5:22 note; Mar 9:44 note.
In the presence of the holy angels - This may mean either:
(a)That the angels will be present at their condemnation Mat 25:31, or.
(b)That the punishment will be actually witnessed by the angels, as it is most probable it will be. Compare Isa 66:24; Luk 16:23-26.
And in the presence of the Lamb - The Lamb of God - the final Judge. This also may mean either that the condemnation will occur in his presence, or that the punishment will be under his eye. Both of these things will be true in regard to him; and it will be no small aggravation of the punishment of the wicked, that it will occur in the very presence of their slighted and rejected Saviour.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv10–11 The same--Greek, "he also," as the just and inevitable…
The same--Greek, "he also," as the just and inevitable retribution.
wine of . . . wrath of God-- (Psa 75:8).
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without mixture--whereas wine was so commonly mixed with water that to mix wine is used in Greek for to pour out wine; this wine of God's wrath is undiluted; there is no drop of water to cool its heat. Naught of grace or hope is blended with it. This terrible threat may well raise us above the fear of man's threats. This unmixed cup is already mingled and prepared for Satan and the beast's followers.
indignation--Greek, "orges," "abiding wrath," But the Greek for "wrath" above (Greek, "thumou") is boiling indignation, from (Greek, "thuo") a root meaning "to boil"; this is temporary ebullition of anger; that is lasting [AMMONIUS], and accompanied with a purpose of vengeance [ORIGEN on Psa 2:5].
tormented . . . in the presence of . . . angels-- (Psa 49:14; Psa 58:10; Psa 139:21; Isa 66:24). God's enemies are regarded by the saints as their enemies, and when the day of probation is past, their mind shall be so entirely one with God's, that they shall rejoice in witnessing visibly the judicial vindication of God's righteousness in sinners' punishment.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v10 10. Wine of the wrath of God—The double effect…
10. Wine of the wrath of God—The double effect of wine—first to exhilarate, and then, when drunk in full quantity, to asphyxiate—is here alluded to. The former images the exciting power of sin, the latter its destructive effect. To sip the wine is a delight; to drink the cup to its dregs is destruction.
Poured out without mixture—The Greek has a play upon words: Which is mixed without mixture. The wine was so customarily mingled with water that the Greek word mixed came to signify prepared. Hence the phrase prepared without mixture could, as here, be verbally, mixed without mixture.
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Cup of his indignation—As if divine justice had a regular retributive cup.
Fire and brimstone—Imagery borrowed from Gen_19:24. “Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire.” The imagery of fire and brimstone for the wicked is used in Psa_11:6, and brimstone in Job_18:15. This imagery is not used in the New Testament excepting in the Apocalypse, namely, here and Rev_19:20; Rev_21:8. “The addition of brimstone to the imagery,” says Stuart, “renders it exceedingly intense: for this not only makes the fire to rage with the greatest vehemence, but it is noisome to the smell and suffocating to the breath.” Of those who maintain that final punishment is in literal fire it may be asked, Is the brimstone literal?
Presence of angels… Lamb—Their sentence and execution take place by the judgment and solemn approbation of the holiest and most merciful of Kings. Holiness and love ratify the penalties of divine justice.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v10 10. drink of the wine of the wrath of…
10. drink of the wine of the wrath of God] Psa_75:8 (9); Isa_51:17; Isa_51:22; Jer_25:15 sqq.
poured out without mixture] Lit. mixed unmixed: there is prob. nothing meant but the sense of the A. V., the “pouring out” of wine being usually a process of “mixing.” But the paradoxical form of expression comes from the LXX. of Psa_75:8, where the word “red” (or perhaps “foaming,” “fiery”) is translated by “unmixed,” proving that St John knows and uses the LXX. version, though he corrects it when necessary.
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with fire and brimstone] Perhaps rather in. See Rev_19:20, Rev_20:15, Rev_21:8.
in the presence, &c.] It is impossible to translate these words otherwise: they prove that the holy angels, and the Lamb Himself, acquiesce or something more in the justice and necessity of God’s awful judgements. This being so, we dare not give weight to sentimental or à priori arguments against their possibility, though to our present faculties God’s future treatment of sin may be as hard to reconcile with His known attributes as His permission of its origin in the past. We are forced to pass over the one difficulty: faith and humility will pass over the other.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v11 (11) For ever and ever.—Or, unto ages of ages.…
(11) For ever and ever.—Or, unto ages of ages. The imagery of the smoke going up reminds us of the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen_19:28; comp. Isa_34:10). They have not rest by day and by night, who worship the wild beast, &c. Sin, which is first embraced as a delight, becomes soon an inexorable tyrant, by an awful retribution compelling men along the routine of the evil habits which they loathe while they long for, and long for even while they loathe them: there is a destiny of unrest in all sin. “The wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest.” It is well that solemn words like these should be read by the light of the most certain of all truths—the power sin has of stamping its indelible features upon the human character, and giving to habit the force of a destiny.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv10–11 The same shall drink of the wine of the…
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; he also... which is mingled unmixed (i.e. undiluted) in the cup of his anger (Revised Version). The warning is given to men while there is yet time; the fall of Babylon, which is prophetically spoken of as having taken place (ver. 8), being yet in the future; that is to say, at the end of the world. The language in which the retribution is couched corresponds to that in which the sin is described (see on ver. 8). The verb kerannumi , which originally signified "to mix," gradually came to signify "to pour," from the ancient custom of mixing spices, etc., as well as water, with the wine. The Authorized Version "poured out," therefore, is a correct translation. The pouring is in this case not accompanied by dilution with water; that is, God"s wrath will not be tempered, but the wicked will feel the full force of his anger. And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. The figure which is here used to portray the punishment of the wicked is common in the Bible. Isa_34:9, Isa_34:10, cf. with Gen_19:28, may supply the origin of the simile. The punishment is in the presence of the angels and of the Lamb; that is, probably, the purity and bliss of heaven is visible to the wicked, and the sight of it, combined with the knowledge of its in- accessibility to themselves, is part of their torment. (cf. Luk_16:23) It is part of the wrath of God described in the first part of the verse.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv10–11 10. The same shall drink of the wine of…
10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God. Those who received the mark of the beast, worshiped the beast, drank the wine of Babylon, shall drink the wine of God's wrath. His judgments shall be poured out on them. Shall be tormented with fire and brimstone. These are symbols, just as wine and cup are symbols. The meaning is that they shall suffer bitter anguish.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv10–11 (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
angels
(See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v11 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
The third angel continues to speak.
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The smoke from their torment
The phrase "their torment" refers to the fire that torments them. AT: "The smoke from the fire that torments them" (See: Metonymy)
they have no rest
"they have no relief" or "the torment does not stop"
day or night
These two parts of the day are used to refer to all of the time. AT: "ever" (See: Merism)
Here is a call for the patient endurance of the saints
"God's holy people must endure patiently and be faithful." See how you translated a similar phrase in Revelation 13:10.
translationWords
torment
eternity
rest
worship
beast
image
call
patient
endure
saint
obey
command
faith
Jesus
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.