Revelation 9:12
in Revelation 9The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
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ASV
The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.
KJV
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
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This verse in Revelation 9
Commentary
9 notes on this verseOne woe is past,.... One of the three woe trumpets, the first of them; that is, in the vision which John had of it, not the thing itself designed by it: and behold there come two woes more hereafter; under the blowing of the sixth and seventh trumpets.
This site's exposition
The first woe has passed
on Revelation 9:12-14
The first woe has passed, the first of three announced at 8:13. At the sixth trumpet a voice from the golden altar orders the release of the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. It is the altar of the prayers at 8:3-5.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Woe", he said, "one has gone; behold, two more woes are coming". The woe [οὐαὶ] as an forceful expression indicates the severe afflictions present and those to come upon them. Therefore, he says that one punishment has been declared; two more remain to be spoken …
The Medieval Church2 voices
One woe is past. That is, it preceded in the narration, or was actually fulfilled in the past. Behold there come yet two woes more hereafter. That is, in the narration, or they are actually to be fulfilled in the future.
One woe is past, and behold, two woes are still to come. Since he predicted that three woes were to come, he now mentions that one has already come in heretical deceit, but two remain, which will occur in the time of the Antichrist and …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
One woe is past; behold, there come yet two woes after these things - The Persian power, under which was the first woe, was now broken by the Saracens: from this time the first pause made a wide way for the two succeeding woes. In 589, when the first woe ended, Mahomet was twenty years old, and the contentions of the Christians with each other were exceeding great.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Greek, "The one woe." hereafter--Greek, "after these things." I agree with ALFORD and DE BURGH, that these locusts from the abyss refer to judgments about to fall on the ungodly immediately before Christ's second advent. None of the interpretations which regard them as past, are satisfactory.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
One wo is past - That is, the wo or desolation by the symbolical scorpions. There came two woes more - In the trumpets of the sixth and seventh angels.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
One woe is past - The woe referred to in Rev 9:1-11. In Rev 8:13 three woes are mentioned which were to occur successively, and which were to embrace the whole of the period comprised in the seven seals and the seven trumpets. Under the last of the seals we have considered four successive periods, referring to events connected with the downfall of the Western empire; and then we have found one important event worthy of a place in noticing the things which would permanently affect the destiny of the world - the rise, the character, and the conquests of the Saracens. This was referred to by the first woe-trumpet. We enter now on the consideration of the second. This occupies the remainder of the chapter, and in illustrating it the same method will be pursued as heretofore: first, to explain the literal meaning of the words, phrases, and symbols; and then to inquire what events in history, if any, succeeding the former, occurred, which would correspond with the language used. And, behold, there come two woes more hereafter - Two momentous and important events that will be attended with sorrow to mankind. It cannot be intended that there would be no other evils that would visit mankind; but the eye, in glancing along the future, rested on these as having a special pre-eminence in affecting the destiny of the church and the world.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἡ | he | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οὐαὶ | ouai | Woe | G3759 → | 46 times |
| ἡ | he | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μία | mia | first | G1520 → | 343 times |
| ἀπῆλθεν· | apelthen | has passed; | G565 → | 115 times |
| ἰδοὺ | idou | Behold | G2400 → | 200 times |
| ἔρχεται | erchetai | are coming | G2064 → | 628 times |
| ἔτι | eti | still | G2089 → | 140 times |
| δύο | duo | two | G1417 → | 133 times |
| οὐαὶ | ouai | woes | G3759 → | 46 times |
| μετὰ | meta | after | G3326 → | 461 times |
| ταῦτα.¶ | tauta | these things. | G3778 → | 1381 times |
ἡ<the>
heG3588 →19766 times
οὐαὶWoe
ouaiG3759 →46 times
ἡthe
heG3588 →19766 times
μίαfirst
miaG1520 →343 times
ἀπῆλθεν·has passed;
apelthenG565 →115 times
ἰδοὺBehold
idouG2400 →200 times
ἔρχεταιare coming
erchetaiG2064 →628 times
ἔτιstill
etiG2089 →140 times
δύοtwo
duoG1417 →133 times
οὐαὶwoes
ouaiG3759 →46 times
μετὰafter
metaG3326 →461 times
ταῦτα.¶these things.
tautaG3778 →1381 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 8:13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded…
it leads to
- Revelation 11:14
The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
- Ezekiel 2:10
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Revelation 14:6
Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Revelation 19:17
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
- Revelation 11:14
Through
Revelation 11:14The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
it leads to
- Revelation 8:13
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded…
- Revelation 15:1
Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Revelation 16:1–21
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- Revelation 8:13
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.