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Re 9:1-21.
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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
Isa 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.
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3. 在——希臘文作「向」，或「進入」。
如同地上的蠍子——與從陰間上來的「蝗蟲」相對——後者並不「屬地」。
有能力——即有能力螫人。
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3. upon--Greek, "unto," or "into."
as the scorpions of the earth--as contrasted with the "locusts" which come up from hell, and are not "of the earth."
have power--namely, to sting.
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4. 不可傷害地上的草……也不可傷害一切青物……也不可傷害一切樹——即他們通常賴以為食之物。所以不是天然、普通的蝗蟲。牠們天然的本能受到超自然的約束，以標示這審判完全是屬神的。
那些人——希臘文作「一切人」。
在等——希臘文作「在額上」。如此這第五號被證明是繼第六印下
Re 7:1-8
的受印之後。聖徒沒有一個被這些蝗蟲所傷——而在穆罕默德的攻擊中卻並非如此（許多人認為蝗蟲指穆罕默德）；因為在穆罕默德對基督教世界的入侵中，有許多真信徒倒下了。
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4. not hurt the grass . . . neither . . . green thing . . . neither . . . tree--the food on which they ordinarily prey. Therefore, not natural and ordinary locusts. Their natural instinct is supernaturally restrained to mark the judgment as altogether divine.
those men which--Greek, "the men whosoever."
in, &c.--Greek, "upon their forehead." Thus this fifth trumpet is proved to follow the sealing in
Re 7:1-8,
under the sixth seal. None of the saints are hurt by these locusts, which is not true of the saints in Mohammed's attack, who is supposed by many to be meant by the locusts; for many true believers fell in the Mohammedan invasions of Christendom.
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5. 牠們……牠們——主語改變：第一個「牠們」是蝗蟲；第二個是未受印的人。
五個月——一年中蝗蟲通常持續為害的時間。
牠們的痛苦——受苦者的痛苦。本節及
Re 9:6
不能指入侵的軍隊。因為軍隊會殺戮，而不僅僅是折磨。
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5. they . . . they--The subject changes: the first "they" is the locusts; the second is the unsealed.
five months--the ordinary time in the year during which locusts continue their ravages.
their torment--the torment of the sufferers. This fifth verse and
Re 9:6
cannot refer to an invading army. For an army would kill, and not merely torment.
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6. 切望——希臘文作「迫切願望」；專心於。
要求——B、武加大譯本、敘利亞文譯本和科普特譯本如此讀。但A和亞力山大抄本讀作「要求」——即持續地。在
Re 6:16——
即神審判的較後階段——不敬虔者尋求毀滅，不是因受苦之折磨，而是因怕面對羔羊——他們必須站在他面前。
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6. shall desire--Greek, "eagerly desire"; set their mind on.
shall flee--So B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read. But A and Aleph read, "fleeth," namely continually. In
Re 6:16,
which is at a later stage of God's judgments, the ungodly seek annihilation, not from the torment of their suffering, but from fear of the face of the Lamb before whom they have to stand.
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7. 預備出戰——希臘文作「預備好了要打仗」。參註解，見
Joe 2:4，
那裏追溯了蝗蟲與馬的相似之處：為打仗而裝備的馬的甲片，是蝗蟲外殼在更大尺度上的影像。
冠冕——
（Na 3:17）。
艾略特（ELLIOTT）將此解作回教徒的頭巾。但頭巾怎能「彷彿金」呢？阿福德（ALFORD）理解為蝗蟲的頭實際上以冠冕狀的束帶結束，其材質類似金子。
好像人的臉——「好像」似乎暗示此處的蝗蟲並非指人。同時它們也不是自然的蝗蟲，因為自然的蝗蟲並不螫人
（Re 9:5）。
它們必是超自然的。
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7. prepared unto battle--Greek, "made ready unto war." Compare Note, see on
Joe 2:4,
where the resemblance of locusts to horses is traced: the plates of a horse armed for battle are an image on a larger scale of the outer shell of the locust.
crowns--
(Na 3:17).
ELLIOTT explains this of the turbans of Mohammedans. But how could turbans be "like gold?" ALFORD understands it of the head of the locusts actually ending in a crown-shaped fillet which resembled gold in its material.
as the faces of men--The "as" seems to imply the locusts here do not mean men. At the same time they are not natural locusts, for these do not sting men
(Re 9:5).
They must be supernatural.
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8. 像女人的頭髮——長而飄逸。一句阿拉伯諺語將蝗蟲的觸角比作少女的頭髮。艾瓦爾德（EWALD）見於阿福德（ALFORD），認為這是暗指蝗蟲腿上或身上的毛：參「有毛的毛蟲」，
Jer 51:27。
像獅子的牙齒——
（Joe 1:6，
論蝗蟲）。
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8. hair of women--long and flowing. An Arabic proverb compares the antlers of locusts to the hair of girls. EWALD in ALFORD understands the allusion to be to the hair on the legs or bodies of the locusts: compare "rough caterpillars,"
Jer 51:27.
as the teeth of lions--
(Joe 1:6,
as to locusts).
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9. 好像鐵甲——並非構成自然蝗蟲胸部之物。
好像……車——
（Joe 2:5-7）。
上陣——希臘文作「打仗」。
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9. as it were breastplates of iron--not such as forms the thorax of the natural locust.
as . . . chariots--
(Joe 2:5-7).
battle--Greek, "war."
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10. 尾巴像蠍子——像蠍子的尾巴。
又有毒鉤——此讀法沒有最古抄本支持。A、B抄本、亞力山太抄本、敘利亞譯本與科普特譯本讀作「（他們有）毒鉤：他們尾巴上的能力（直譯為「權柄」：即經授權的能力）是為害人」。
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10. tails like unto scorpions--like unto the tails of scorpions.
and there were stings--There is no oldest manuscript for this reading. A, B, Aleph, Syriac, and Coptic read, "and (they have) stings: and in their tails (is) their power (literally, 'authority': authorized power) to hurt."
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11. 又——如《敘利亞譯本》。但A、B和阿勒弗抄本省略「又」。
有——希臘文作「有」。
王……就是天使——英譯本依A和阿勒弗抄本，在「天使」前讀出（希臘文）冠詞。按此讀法，我們必須譯作「他們有那天使」等作他們的王。即撒但（9:1比較）。若隨B抄本省略冠詞，則須譯作「他們有一位天使」等作王：撒但手下的一位首領鬼魔。我從9:1出發，傾向前者。
無底坑——希臘文「深淵」。
亞巴頓——即滅亡或毀滅（伯26:6; 箴27:20）。
蝗蟲是撒但手中超自然的工具，在第五號下用來折磨，卻不殺死不敬虔的人。正如敬虔的約伯的例子，撒但被允許以象皮病折磨他，卻不得觸及他的性命。在9:20中，這兩枝禍哉的號被明確稱為「災」。凱撒利亞的安德烈（主後500年）在其《啟示錄註釋》中認為，蝗蟲指邪靈再次被允許來到世上，以各樣災禍折磨人。
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11. And--so Syriac. But A, B, and Aleph, omit "and."
had--Greek, "have."
a king . . . which is the angel--English Version, agreeing with A, Aleph, reads the (Greek) article before "angel," in which reading we must translate, "They have as king over them the angel," &c. Satan (compare
Re 9:1).
Omitting the article with B, we must translate, "They have as king an angel," &c.: one of the chief demons under Satan: I prefer from
Re 9:1,
the former.
bottomless pit--Greek, "abyss."
Abaddon--that is, perdition or destruction
(Job 26:6; Pr 27:20).
The locusts are supernatural instruments in the hands of Satan to torment, and yet not kill, the ungodly, under this fifth trumpet. Just as in the case of godly Job, Satan was allowed to torment with elephantiasis, but not to touch his life. In
Re 9:20,
these two woe-trumpets are expressly called "plagues." ANDREAS OF CÆSAREA, A.D. 500, held, in his Commentary on Revelation, that the locusts mean evil spirits again permitted to come forth on earth and afflict men with various plagues.
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12. 希臘文作「那一樣禍哉」。
以後——希臘文作「這些事以後」。我同意阿福德和德布爾的看法——這些從無底坑出來的蝗蟲是指在基督再臨前夕即將臨到不敬虔者身上的審判。任何將它們視為過去事件的解釋都不能令人滿意。
珥1:2-7; 2:1-11嚴格平行，並明確（珥2:11）指耶和華大而可畏之日：珥2:10描述了主日子降臨的兆頭——地震天動、日月星宿不放光：珥2:18, 31, 32也指向緊接其後耶路撒冷的蒙拯救：又比較先前在約沙法谷的最後爭戰，以及神從此住在錫安、賜福猶大。德布爾將蝗蟲之災限於以色列地——正如7:1-8中受印的是以色列人：不是說地上沒有其他人受印為選民；而是說，審判限於巴勒斯坦，因此唯有以色列的受印者需要被明確從此災中除外。因此他全書譯作「那地」（即以色列和猶大地），而非「地球」。我傾向同意他。
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12. Greek, "The one woe."
hereafter--Greek, "after these things." I agree with ALFORD and DE BURGH, that these locusts from the abyss refer to judgments about to fall on the ungodly immediately before Christ's second advent. None of the interpretations which regard them as past, are satisfactory.
Joe 1:2-7; 2:1-11,
is strictly parallel and expressly refers
(Joe 2:11)
to THE DAY OF THE LORD GREAT AND VERY TERRIBLE:
Joe 2:10
gives the portents accompanying the day of the Lord's coming, the earth quaking, the heavens trembling, the sun, moon, and stars, withdrawing their shining:
Joe 2:18, 31, 32,
also point to the immediately succeeding deliverance of Jerusalem: compare also, the previous last conflict in the valley of Jehoshaphat, and the dwelling of God thenceforth in Zion, blessing Judah. DE BURGH confines the locust judgment to the Israelite land, even as the sealed in
Re 7:1-8
are Israelites: not that there are not others sealed as elect in the earth; but that, the judgment being confined to Palestine, the sealed of Israel alone needed to be expressly excepted from the visitation. Therefore, he translates throughout, "the land" (that is, of Israel and Judah), instead of "the earth." I incline to agree with him.
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13. 一個聲音——字面作「一個聲音」。
從——希臘文作「出於」。
四個角——A抄本、《武加大譯本》（阿米提努抄本）、《科普特譯本》和《敘利亞譯本》省略「四」。B抄本和居普良支持。四個角一同發聲——不是不同的，而是合一的。神的啟示（如福音）雖在其面貌上是四重的（四表普世的延伸：因此四是福音書作者之數），卻只有一個、同一個聲音。然而，從這第六號與第五印（6:9, 10）的平行——殉道者從祭壇呼求為其血伸冤的呼聲在第六印和第六號下達到成全——出發，我傾向將這從壇的四角而來的呼聲理解為聖徒從世界四方的禱告呼聲——由天使加香並從金香壇升到神面前，隨之帶下火的審判。阿勒弗抄本省略整個子句「從四個角中的一個」。
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13. a voice--literally, "one voice."
from--Greek, "out of."
the four horns--A, Vulgate (Amiatinus manuscript), Coptic, and Syriac omit "four." B and CYPRIAN support it. The four horns together gave forth their voice, not diverse, but one. God's revelation (for example, the Gospel), though in its aspects fourfold (four expressing world-wide extension: whence four is the number of the Evangelists), still has but one and the same voice. However, from the parallelism of this sixth trumpet to the fifth seal
(Re 6:9, 10),
the martyrs' cry for the avenging of their blood from the altar reaching its consummation under the sixth seal and sixth trumpet, I prefer understanding this cry from the four corners of the altar to refer to the saints' prayerful cry from the four quarters of the world, incensed by the angel, and ascending to God from the golden altar of incense, and bringing down in consequence fiery judgments. Aleph omits the whole clause, "one from the four horns."
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14. 把那捆綁幼發拉底大河的四個使者釋放了——比較9:14。先前在7:1中看見站在地的四角——執掌地上四方的風——的四位天使，在此是捆綁在幼發拉底大河——那將東方與聖地分隔的河流——的四位使者。這四位使者是邪惡的——因為他們是「被捆綁」的，且他們的釋放導致殺人的騎兵從東方（幼發拉底河對岸）入侵。比較但10:13, 20——波斯的魔君和希臘的魔君——即在波斯和希臘帝國背後的邪靈勢力。照樣，這四位使者是那捆綁幼發拉底河對岸東方諸國——按歷史是帕提亞人——背後邪靈勢力的天使。他們在神指定的時候被釋放，率領毀滅的大軍。他們「預備好了」——就是為此特定時刻和目的而設。「為了那年、月、日、時」——神所命定的精確時刻。
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14. in, &c.--Greek, "epi to potamo"; "on," or "at the great river."
Euphrates--(Compare
Re 16:12).
The river whereat Babylon, the ancient foe of God's people was situated. Again, whether from the literal region of the Euphrates, or from the spiritual Babylon (the apostate Church, especially ROME), four angelic ministers of God's judgments shall go forth, assembling an army of horsemen throughout the four quarters of the earth, to slay a third of men, the brunt of the visitation shall be on Palestine.
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15. 四個使者就被釋放——比較9:14——「把那捆綁幼發拉底大河的四個使者釋放了」。他們原被捆綁——意味着他們是邪惡的使者——如猶6——「不守本位、離開自己住處的天使，主用鎖鏈把他們永遠拘留在黑暗裏，等候大日的審判」。此處他們被暫時釋放——為着神所定的特定目的——正如約伯記中撒但被允許試煉約伯。
他們原是預備好了的——希臘文作「hētoimasmenoi」——「已準備好的」——即為這特定時刻和使命而裝備齊全。這不是說他們自願準備，而是神為他們所定的時候到了——他們被釋放去執行神的審判。正如神使用亞述為「他惱恨的棍」（賽10:5），卻後來因亞述的驕傲而審判它，照樣神使用這些邪惡的使者作為審判的工具。
到某年某月某日某時——希臘文作「到那年、月、日、時」——神所命定的精確時刻。比較傳道書3:1——「凡事都有定期」；加拉太書4:4——「及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子」。歷史中沒有偶然——每一時刻都在神的主權之下。
殺人的三分之一——比較9:18。三分之一不是全部——表明神審判的限制和節制——正如以西結書9:4-6中，擊殺的從聖所開始，但記號的人蒙保守。此處的三分之一回應了8:7-12中前四號的三分之一——審判逐漸加劇，但始終不是全部——因為神不將人完全滅絕（比較創18:25——「審判全地的主豈不行公義嗎？」）。
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15. were--"which had been prepared" [TREGELLES rightly].
for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year--rather as Greek, "for (that is, against) THE hour, and day, and month, and year," namely, appointed by God. The Greek article (teen), put once only before all the periods, implies that the hour in the day, and the day in the month, and the month in the year, and the year itself, had been definitely fixed by God. The article would have been omitted had a sum-total of periods been specified, namely, three hundred ninety-one years and one month (the period from A.D. 1281, when the Turks first conquered the Christians, to 1672, their last conquest of them, since which last date their empire has declined).
slay--not merely to "hurt"
(Re 9:10),
as in the fifth trumpet.
third part--(See on
Re 8:7-12).
of men--namely, of earthy men,
Re 8:13,
"inhabiters of the earth," as distinguished from God's sealed people (of which the sealed of Israel,
Re 7:1-8,
form the nucleus).
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16. 試將這二萬萬與以下經文比較：
詩 68:17； 但 7:10。
此處的軍隊從其數目與相貌（
啟 9:17）
看來，顯然不僅是人的軍隊，而很可能是地獄的軍隊，雖被約束卻在成就神的旨意（比較
啟 9:1, 2）。
我聽見——A、B、Aleph、《武加大譯本》、《敘利亞譯本》、《科普特譯本》與居普里安（CYPRIAN）均省略「和」。
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16. Compare with these two hundred million,
Ps 68:17; Da 7:10.
The hosts here are evidently, from their numbers and their appearance
(Re 9:17),
not merely human hosts, but probably infernal, though constrained to work out God's will (compare
Re 9:1, 2).
and I heard--A, B, Aleph, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and CYPRIAN omit "and."
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17. 如此——即如下所述。
如火——胸甲的火紅色與從其口中**出來的火相對應。
如雅斤——按字面意義作「風信子色」，古人所稱的風信子相當於我們的深藍色鳶尾花：因此他們暗沉色的胸甲與從其口中出來的煙相對應。
如硫磺——硫磺色：與從其口中出來的硫磺相對應。
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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.
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18. 這三樣——A、B、C 與 Aleph 讀作（apo 而非 hypo）「從」，暗示殺戮所從出的方向，而非「藉」所暗示的直接工具。A、B、C、Aleph 亦在「三」之後加「災」。《英文欽定本》的讀法省略此字，支持較弱。
用火——希臘文作「因火」，按字面意義為「出於」。
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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."
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19. 牠們的——A、B、C 與 Aleph 讀作「馬的能力」。
在牠們口中——即火、煙與硫磺**出來之處（
啟 9:17）。
許多解經家將馬軍解為穿著紅、藍、黃（火、風信子與硫磺）戰袍的土耳其無數騎兵，獅子頭的馬代表其無敵的勇氣，從其口中出來的火與硫磺則代表約在此時傳入歐洲、並為土耳其人所用的火藥與火炮；蛇一樣的尾巴帶有致命的毒刺，則代表穆罕默德的假宗教取代了基督教，或如艾略特（ELLIOTT）所想，代表土耳其帕夏的馬尾——作為權柄的象徵（！）。這一切都很可疑。考慮到這第六號與第六印的平行對應，很可能所指的事件乃是緊接在主再來之前的事。在我看來，此處所指的似乎是「那假先知」（如
賽 9:15
所證），即第二隻獸——有羔羊的角，卻說話如龍——以虛假的奇事支持最終的敵基督。穆罕默德無疑是他的先驅，卻不是此處預言的完全應驗者：撒但很可能在末後之時將陰間的一切權勢都釋放出來，作最後的爭戰（參
啟 9:20
論「鬼魔」的註釋；比較
啟 9:1, 2, 17, 18）。
與牠們——即與那些蛇頭及其毒牙。
英文原文
19. their--A, B, C and Aleph read, "the power of the horses."
in their mouth--whence issued the fire, smoke, and brimstone
(Re 9:17).
Many interpreters understand the horsemen to refer to the myriads of Turkish cavalry arrayed in scarlet, blue, and yellow (fire, hyacinth, and brimstone), the lion-headed horses denoting their invincible courage, and the fire and brimstone out of their mouths, the gunpowder and artillery introduced into Europe about this time, and employed by the Turks; the tails, like serpents, having a venomous sting, the false religion of Mohammed supplanting Christianity, or, as ELLIOTT thinks, the Turkish pachas' horse tails, worn as a symbol of authority. (!) All this is very doubtful. Considering the parallelism of this sixth trumpet to the sixth seal, the likelihood is that events are intended immediately preceding the Lord's coming. "The false prophet" (as
Isa 9:15
proves), or second beast, having the horns of a lamb, but speaking as the dragon, who supports by lying miracles the final Antichrist, seems to me to be intended. Mohammed, doubtless, is a forerunner of him, but not the exhaustive fulfiller of the prophecy here: Satan will, probably, towards the end, bring out all the powers of hell for the last conflict (see on
Re 9:20,
on "devils"; compare
Re 9:1, 2, 17, 18).
with them--with the serpent heads and their venomous fangs.
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20. 其餘的人——即不敬虔的人。
仍舊不——A、《武加大譯本》、《敘利亞譯本》與《科普特譯本》如此讀。B 與 Aleph 讀作「甚至不悔改」，即不至於放棄「那些行為」等。正如法老雖遭災仍硬著心不悔改。
手所做的——
（申 31:29）。
特別指用手所造的偶像。試比較
啟 13:14, 15，
「獸的像」；
啟 19:20。
他們不——B 如此讀。但 A、C 與 Aleph 讀作「他們必不」：暗示這必如此的確定預言。
鬼魔——希臘文作「demons」，即潛伏在拜偶像者所拜之偶像背後的鬼魔。
英文原文
20. the rest of the men--that is, the ungodly.
yet--So A, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic. B and Aleph read, "did not even repent of," namely, so as to give up "the works," &c. Like Pharaoh hardening his heart against repentance notwithstanding the plagues.
of their hands--
(De 31:29).
Especially the idols made by their hands. Compare
Re 13:14, 15,
"the image of the beast"
Re 19:20.
that they should not--So B reads. But A, C, and Aleph read "that they shall not": implying a prophecy of certainty that it shall be so.
devils--Greek, "demons" which lurk beneath the idols which idolaters worship.
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21. 邪術——藉藥物施行的巫術（希臘文即此意）。這是未重生之肉體的果子之一：外邦人的罪；將在末世由背道的基督徒重演，見
啟 22:15
「行邪術的」。拒絕所傳之福音、執迷於肉體私慾的外邦人，與重新陷入同樣光景的背道基督徒，將同受可怕的審判。東方於公元 842 年確立了 image 崇拜。
淫亂——單數，而其他罪皆為複數。其他的罪是間歇犯的：缺乏內心清潔的人則沉溺於一個持續不斷的淫亂之中〔本革爾（BENGEL）〕。
英文原文
21. sorceries--witchcrafts by means of drugs (so the Greek). One of the fruits of the unrenewed flesh: the sin of the heathen: about to be repeated by apostate Christians in the last days,
Re 22:15,
"sorcerers." The heathen who shall have rejected the proffered Gospel and clung to their fleshly lusts, and apostate Christians who shall have relapsed into the same shall share the same terrible judgments. The worship of images was established in the East in A.D. 842.
fornication--singular: whereas the other sins are in the plural. Other sins are perpetrated at intervals: those lacking purity of heart indulge in one perpetual fornication [BENGEL].
Re 9:1-21.
第五號：墜落的星開了無底坑，有蝗蟲出來。第六號。在幼發拉底的四位使者被釋放。
1. 七枝號中的末三號，從
Re 8:13
起被稱為三樣災禍的號。
落——更確切地如希臘文作"已經落了"。約翰看見它時，它不是正在墜落，而是已經落了。這是這第五號與
Re 12:8, 9, 12，
"地與海有禍了，因為魔鬼已經降下來了"云云的連接環節。比較
Isa 14:12，
"明亮之星，早晨之子啊，你何竟從天墜落！"
無底坑——希臘文作"無底坑的口"；即撒但和他的鬼魔所住之地的開口。