Revelation 9:14

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,.... The sixth trumpet, which was given him, and he had prepared himself to sound, and had sounded:

loose the four angels which are bound in the great…

Saying to the sixth angel, which had the trumpet - See the notes at Rev 8:2. Loose, ... - This power, it would seem, was given to the sixth angel in addition to his office of blowing the trumpet. All…

Loose the four angels - These four angels bound - hitherto restrained, in the Euphrates, are by some supposed to be the Arabs, the Saracens, the Tartars, or the Turks; by others, Vespasian's four…

Here let us consider the preface to this vision, and then the vision itself.

I. The preface to this vision: A voice was heard from the horns of the golden altar, Rev 9:13, Rev 9:14. Here observe, 1.…

Loose the four angels We are reminded of the four angels of Rev 7:1, but it is hardly possible that they are the same as these. The plagues held back by them, on "the earth, the sea, and the trees,"…