Revelation 9:13 BSB

Revelation 9:13

Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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ASV

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

KJV

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the sixth angel sounded - See the notes on Rev 8:2, Rev 8:7. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God - In the language used here there is an allusion to the temple, but the scene is evidently laid in heaven. The temple in its arrangements was designed, undoubtedly, to be in important respects a symbol of heaven, and this idea constantly occurs in the Scriptures. Compare the Epistle to the Hebrews passim.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And the sixth angel sounded - Under this angel goes forth the second woe. And I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar - This golden altar is the heavenly pattern of the Levitical altar of incense.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The power of the church's enemies is restrained till God gives the word to have them turned loose. When nations are ripe for punishment, those instruments of God's anger that were before restrained are let loose upon them,

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἕκτος	hektos	sixth	G1623 →
ἄγγελος	angelos	angel	G32 →
ἐσάλπισεν,	esalpisen	sounded [his] trumpet,	G4537 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤκουσα	ēkousa	I heard	G191 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	voice	G5456 →
μίαν	mian	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
τεσσάρων	tessarōn	four	G5064 →
κεράτων	keratōn	horns	G2768 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θυσιαστηρίου	thusiastēriou	altar	G2379 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
χρυσοῦ	chrusou	golden	G5552 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 9:11–12
  But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part…
- Hebrews 9:23
  So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Through
Revelation 9:1
Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
leads to
- Revelation 8:10
  Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
- Revelation 9:2
  The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the…
- Romans 10:7
  or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
- 2 Timothy 3:1–5
  But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Through
Hebrews 10:21
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
leads to
- Hebrews 2:17
  For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation