16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.
And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.
The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.
A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.
And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like overflowing waters.
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Commentary on Revelation 9 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 9
In this chapter we have an account of the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets, the appearances that attended them, and the events that were to follow; the fifth trumpet (v. 1-12), the sixth (v. 13-21).
Rev 9:1-12
Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are,
Rev 9:13-21
Here let us consider the preface to this vision, and then the vision itself.