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The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
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Commentators unanimously interpret the imagery of 'smoke... for ever and ever' and 'no rest day nor night' as a depiction of eternal, conscious, and irreversible judgment. Drawing parallels to Sodom and Gomorrah, they explain this is a solemn declaration of the ultimate consequence for those who align with evil, highlighting the unceasing nature of this final state.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the smoke of their torment. The smoke proceeding from their place of torment. This language is probably derived from the acco…
The smoke of their torment (ο καπνος του βασανισμου αυτων). See 9:5 for βασανισμος, only there it was a limited penalty, here it i…
19th Century
Anglican
For ever and ever.—Or, to ages of ages. The imagery of the smoke going up reminds us of the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorr…
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Baptist
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and wh…
The explicit reference to the certain judgment of the beast worshipers links this section to ch. 13. Through an OT figure of eschatological judgmen…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever That is, the smoke of t…
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The progress of the Reformation appears to be set forth here. The four proclamations are plain in their meaning, so that all Christians may be enco…
