the Fourth Week after Easter
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
Sagradas Escrituras
Apocalipsis 16:4
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
El tercer ángel derramó su copa en los ríos y en las fuentes de las aguas, y se convirtieron en sangre.
Y el tercer ángel derramó su copa sobre los ríos, y sobre las fuentes de las aguas, y se convirtieron en sangre.
Y el tercer ángel derramó su copa sobre los ríos, y sobre las fuentes de las aguas, y se tornaron en sangre.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
upon: Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:11
and they: Revelation 16:5, Revelation 14:7, Exodus 7:20, Exodus 8:5, Isaiah 50:2, Ezekiel 35:8, Hosea 13:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:22 - Every son Proverbs 21:1 - as Isaiah 34:3 - and the mountains Jeremiah 51:48 - the heaven
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the third angel poured his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters,.... Which also is not to be literally understood of a stagnation of them, before the burning of the world; nor of the destruction of Popish fleets and navies, such as the Spanish armada in 1588, and others since; but rather of Popish writings, of the most learned and subtle men among them, who like rivers and fountains, which supply and fill the sea, support and keep up the Romish jurisdiction and hierarchy; and of the confutation of them by Protestant writers; and of the utter destruction of their principal orders, and chief men among them, as cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, Jesuits, c. though it seems chiefly to design the places near to Rome, such as Italy and Savoy for as the third trumpet affects the rivers and fountains, Revelation 8:10 and brings in the Huns into Italy, and issued in the destruction of the empire; so the third vial affects the same, and brings terrible wars, and great effusion of blood, where so much of the blood of the saints have been shed: hence it follows, and they became blood; these countries will be covered with blood, and a reformation will ensue upon it; the allusion is to Exodus 7:19.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters - This coincides also with the account of the sounding of the third trumpet Revelation 8:10-11; “And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.†As to the meaning of the phrase, “rivers and fountains of waters,†see the notes on that passage. We found, it was supposed, in the application of that passage, that the invasion of the Roman empire by Attila, king of the Huns, was referred to, affecting mainly those parts of the empire where the rivers and streams had their origin. The analogy would lead us, in the fulfillment of the passage before us, to look for some similar desolations on those portions of Europe. See the notes at the close of Revelation 16:7.
And they became blood - This would properly mean that they became as blood; or became red with blood; and it would be fulfilled if bloody battles were fought near them, so that they seemed to run blood.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 16:4. Upon the rivers and fountains of waters — This is an allusion to the first Egyptian plague, Exodus 7:20; and to those plagues in general there are allusions throughout this chapter. It is a sentiment of the rabbins that "whatever plagues God inflicted on the Egyptians in former times, he will inflict on the enemies of his people in all later times." See a long quotation on this subject from Rabbi Tanchum in Schoettgen.
