Revelation 9:12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

◄ Revelation 9:12 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

English Standard Version
The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

New American Standard Bible
The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

King James Bible
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.

International Standard Version
The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come.

American Standard Version
The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.

Douay-Rheims Bible
One woe is past, and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.

Darby Bible Translation
The first woe has passed. Behold, there come yet two woes after these things.

Young's Literal Translation
The first woe did go forth, lo, there come yet two woes after these things.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets loose the powers of hell against the churches of Christ. On the opening of the bottomless pit, there arose a great smoke. The devil carries on his designs by blinding the eyes of men, by putting out light and knowledge, and promoting ignorance and error. Out of this smoke there came a swarm of locusts, emblems of the devil's agents, who promote superstition, idolatry, error, and cruelty. The trees and the grass, the true believers, whether young or more advanced, should be untouched. But a secret poison and infection in the soul, should rob many others of purity, and afterwards of peace. The locusts had no power to hurt those who had the seal of God. God's all-powerful, distinguishing grace will keep his people from total and final apostacy. The power is limited to a short season; but it would be very sharp. In such events the faithful share the common calamity, but from the pestilence of error they might and would be safe. We collect from Scripture, that such errors were to try and prove the Christians, 1Co 11:19. And early writers plainly refer this to the first great host of corrupters who overspread the Christian church.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. 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. Joe 1:2-7; 2:1-11, is strictly parallel and expressly refers (Joe 2:11) to THE DAY OF THE Lord great and very terrible: Joe 2:10 gives the portents accompanying the day of the Lord's coming, the earth quaking, the heavens trembling, the sun, moon, and stars, withdrawing their shining: Joe 2:18, 31, 32, also point to the immediately succeeding deliverance of Jerusalem: compare also, the previous last conflict in the valley of Jehoshaphat, and the dwelling of God thenceforth in Zion, blessing Judah. De Burgh confines the locust judgment to the Israelite land, even as the sealed in Re 7:1-8 are Israelites: not that there are not others sealed as elect in the earth; but that, the judgment being confined to Palestine, the sealed of Israel alone needed to be expressly excepted from the visitation. Therefore, he translates throughout, "the land" (that is, of Israel and Judah), instead of "the earth." I incline to agree with him.