And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
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Gill's Exposition
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings,.... As at the giving of the law, Exo 19:16 and at the sounding of the seventh trumpet; see Gill on Rev 11:15 and may intend either the pure…
Barnes' Notes
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air - This introduces the final catastrophe in regard to the “beast” - his complete and utter overthrow, accompanied with tremendous judgments. Why…
Adam Clarke
Poured out his vial into the air - To signify that this plague was to be widely diffused, and perhaps to intimate that pestilences and various deaths would be the effect of this vial. But possibly air…
Here we have an account of the seventh and last angel pouring forth his vial, contributing his part towards the accomplishment of the downfall of Babylon, which was the finishing stroke. And here, as…
Cambridge Bible
The Seventh Vial. Preliminaries of Judgement, Rev 16:17-21
17. into the air Lit. upon the air, according to the best reading.
of heaven Should be omitted, but of course it is the heavenly Temple that…
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