And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
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Gill's Exposition
And the name of the star is called Wormwood,.... Because of the bitter afflictions, sorrows, and distresses which it was the instrument of; just as Naomi called herself Mara, because the Almighty had…
Barnes' Notes
And the name of the star is called Wormwood - Is appropriately so called. The writer does not say that it would be actually so called, but that this name would be properly descriptive of its…
Adam Clarke
The star is called Wormwood - So called from the bitter or distressing effects produced by its influence.
Observe, I. The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and the events which followed were very dismal: There followed hail and fire mingled with blood, etc., Rev 8:7. There was a terrible storm; but…
Cambridge Bible
became wormwood We are perhaps to be reminded, as before, of the plagues in Egypt, so here of the mercy to Israel, Exo 15:25: here, as those are intensified, so that is reversed.
many men died Of…
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