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They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man.
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Torment, Not Annihilation
Commentators emphasize that this plague is divinely limited. The demonic locusts are permitted to inflict severe pain, like a scorpion's sting, but they are explicitly forbidden from killing their victims. This highlights a key theme: even in judgment, God's control is absolute. The goal is intense suffering and torment, not the finality of death.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And to them it was given. There is the same indefiniteness here as in the former verse, with the impersonal verb also being used here. The…
That they should not kill them (ινα μη αποκτεινωσιν αυτους). Sub-final object clause (subject of εδοθη) with ινα μη and the subjun…
19th Century
Anglican
And to them . . .—Better, And it was given to them that they should not kill them (that is, those who had not the seal of…
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The fifth trumpet: The first woe. John now focuses attention on the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second woes) by giving more than twice the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And to them it was given that they should not kill them , &c.] As the power of the locusts was limited with respect …
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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