And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
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Gill's Exposition
And after these things,.... After the opening of six of the seals of the sealed book, and after the demolition of Heathen deities, and of Heathen worship, and of Heathen magistrates, in the Roman…
Barnes' Notes
And after these things - After the vision of the things referred to in the opening of the sixth seal. The natural interpretation would be, that what is here said of the angels and the winds occurred…
Adam Clarke
And after these things - Immediately after the preceding vision.
I saw four angels - Instruments which God employs in the dispensation of his providence; we know not what.
On the four corners of the…
Here we have, I. An account of the restraint laid upon the winds. By these winds we suppose are meant those errors and corruptions in religion which would occasion a great deal of trouble and mischief…
Cambridge Bible
The Vision of the Four Angels of the Four Winds. Chap. 7 Rev 7:1-3
1. four angels Presumably the Angels of the four winds, as we have other elemental Angels in Rev 14:18; Rev 16:5. Cf. Psa 104:4, of…
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