John Gill Commentary Revelation 9:10

"And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months." — Revelation 9:10 (ASV)

And they had tails like to scorpions
Locusts are said to have the tail of a serpent, and of the vipers of the earth ^F21 ; (See Gill on Revelation 9:3), (See Gill on Revelation 9:5). And there were stings in their tails; either in the baser sort of them, the Saracens and Papists; or in their doctrines, the prophet being the tail, (Isaiah 9:15) ;

with which both Mahomet, who set himself up for a prophet, and the Romish clergy, who set up their decrees and unwritten traditions above the word of God, have poisoned and destroyed multitudes of souls:

and their power [was] to hurt men five months ;
(See Gill on Revelation 9:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F21: Scriptores Arab.