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Men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn`t repent and give him glory.
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Judgment Can Harden Hearts
Commentators unanimously highlight a sobering truth: divine judgment does not automatically lead to repentance. In this passage, severe suffering causes people to curse God rather than turn to Him. Scholars explain that without God's grace, suffering can actually harden a person's heart, causing them to rage against the very God whose hand they see in their affliction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And men were scorched with great heat. That is, as expressed above, calamity came upon them that would be well represented by such heat. I…
Were scorched (εκαυματισθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of same verb.
With great heat (καυμα μεγα)…
19th Century
Anglican
And the fourth...—Better, And the fourth (angel) poured out his vial upon the sun; and it was given to it (the “sun,” not…
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The fourth bowl increases the intensity of the sun’s heat; it is the exact opposite of the fourth trumpet, which produced a plague of darkness (cf.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And men were scorched with great heat Burned with rage against the followers of Christ; were filled with envy at the…
The heart of man is so desperately wicked, that the most severe miseries will never bring anyone to repent, without the special grace of God. Hell …
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