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The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like gold crowns, and their faces were like men`s faces.
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A Demonic, Not Natural, Plague
Commentators agree these are not literal locusts. Their bizarre, composite appearance—like war horses with gold-like crowns and human faces—is meant to depict a terrifying, unnatural, and demonic army. Scholars emphasize that their origin from the "Abyss" (Revelation 9:2) confirms they are evil spiritual forces, not earthly insects.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for battle. The resemblance between the locust and the horse, dissimilar as t…
The shapes (τα ομοιωματα). Old word from ομοιοω, to make like (from ομοιος, like), likeness, in N.T. only here,[Reference Romans 5…
19th Century
Anglican
And the shapes . . .—Translate: And the shapes (or, forms) of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. The resembla…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses The heads of locusts, especially of some of them, are very muc…
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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