Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
The Altar Speaks for the Martyrs
Commentators explain that the voice comes from the altar, which is symbolically linked to the martyrs seen 'under the altar' in Revelation 6:9. The altar itself, representing the prayers and suffering of the saints, is personified to cry out in agreement. This shows that heaven validates God's judgments as a just response to the persecution of His people.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Revelation
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
6
Albert Barnes
On Revelation 16:7
18th Century
Theologian
And I heard another. Evidently another angel, though this is not specified.
Out of the altar. This means either t…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 16:7
O Lord God, the Almighty (Κυριε ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ). Just as in 15:3 in the Song of Moses and of the Lamb, vocative with the art…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 16:7
19th Century
Bishop
And I heard . . .—Translate, And I heard (not “another out of the altar,” but) the altar saying, Even so, Lord God t…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 16:7
Here the reference to blood calls forth the dialogue between the angel and the altar concerning the logic of the plagues. The blood that sinners dr…
John Gill
On Revelation 16:7
17th Century
Pastor
And I heard another out of the altar say
That is, another angel that came out of the altar; see ([Reference Revelati…
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, …