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A Strike at the Source
Multiple commentators connect this judgment to the first plague of Egypt, where the Nile turned to blood. Just as the Nile was the source of Egypt's life and power, scholars suggest the 'sea' here represents the source of the worldly system's power. By turning the sea to blood, God strikes at the very foundation of the enemy's strength, rendering it corrupt and deadly.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 16:3
18th Century
Theologian
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea. So the second trumpet (Revelation 8:8): And the second angel sounde…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 16:3
Into the sea (εις την θαλασσαν). Like the first Egyptian plague (Exodus 7:12–41) though only the Nile affected then.
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 16:3
19th Century
Bishop
And the second angel . . .—Better, And the second (angel) poured out his vial on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 16:3
The second bowl turns the sea into polluted blood (). Genesis 1:21 is reversed; all marine life dies (cf. Exodus 7:17–21).
John Gill
On Revelation 16:3
17th Century
Pastor
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea
Not literally; and so does not design the stagnation of it, wh…
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 16:1–7
17th Century
Minister
We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence, …