Revelation 16:3

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea,.... Not literally; and so does not design the stagnation of it, which it is thought will be before the general conflagration; see Amo 7:4 nor is…

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea - So the second trumpet Rev 8:8, “And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and the…

As the blood of a dead man - Either meaning blood in a state of putrescency, or an effusion of blood in naval conflicts; even the sea was tinged with the blood of those who were slain in these wars.…

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…

The Second Vial, Rev 16:3

3. Angel Should be omitted, reading the second, as we had "the first" before. So in Rev 16:16; Rev 16:16; Rev 16:16; Rev 16:16; Rev 16:16.

as the blood of a dead man Lit.,…