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They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who don`t have God`s seal on their foreheads.
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A Spiritual, Not Physical, Plague
Commentators unanimously agree that these are not literal locusts. The primary clue is the command to avoid harming grass and trees—the very things real locusts devour. Scholars explain this signifies a spiritual or demonic attack, a torment aimed at the soul with what one calls a 'secret poison and infection' of error, rather than a physical plague that destroys the environment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And it was commanded them. The writer does not say by whom this command was given, but it is clearly by someone who directed them…
It was said (ερρεθη). First aorist passive indicative of ειπον.
That they should not hurt (ινα μη αδικησου…
19th Century
Anglican
And it was commanded . . . — This should be translated: It was commanded them that they should not injure the grass of the ear…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it was commanded them The locusts, by Christ, who has a sovereign power over all men, and lays them under the re…
Upon the sounding of the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by th…
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