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The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
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The Bitter Symbol of Wormwood
Commentators explain that "Wormwood" is a bitter herb used symbolically throughout the Bible to represent calamity, sorrow, and divine judgment. The star poisoning the waters signifies a devastating event that turns life's essential sources (represented by fresh water) into a cause of ruin and death. This imagery echoes Old Testament passages where God gives His people "wormwood" to consume as a consequence of sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. It is appropriately so called. The writer does not say that it would be actually…
Wormwood (ο Αψινθος). Absinthe. Usually feminine (η), but masculine here probably because αστηρ is masculine. Only here in N.T. an…
19th Century
Anglican
And the name of the star ... — Translate, And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became…
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The third trumpet. John next sees a huge fiery star fall on the rivers and springs of water and turn a part of these fresh-water supplies into very…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the name of the star is called Wormwood Because of the bitter afflictions, sorrows, and distresses which it was …
The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood—a storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors fa…
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