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Behold, two woes are still to follow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes still are coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />One woe is past; <i>and</i>, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />One woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The first horrible thing has now happened! But wait. Two more horrible things will happen soon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The first catastrophe is over. After these things there are two more catastrophes yet to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The first horror is over; after this there are still two more horrors to come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The first woe is past. Look, there are still two woes coming after this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />One woe is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />The first woe is past; two other woes have still to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The first woe went forth, behold, there yet come two woes after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes still are coming after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The first woe did go forth, lo, there come yet two woes after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />One woe has passed; behold, there come two woes more after these.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />One woe is past, and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />One woe has gone out, but behold, there are still two woes approaching afterward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The first woe has passed, but there are two more to come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The first woe has passed. There are still two woes to come.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The first woe is passed; and behold, two more woes follow after.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />One woe is gone; behold, again two woes are coming.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />The first woe is past: behold, there are coming, after this, two woes more.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />One Woe is past; behold two Woes come yet after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />One woe is past; and, behold, there are coming yet two woes after these.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />One wo is past, and now two woes are to follow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />The first woe is past; two other woes have still to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />The first woe departed; behold, there are coming yet two woes hereafter!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>Thus</i> one wo is past, <i>but</i> behold two woes more are coming after.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/9-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1855" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">The Fifth Trumpet</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: mia (Adj-NFS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">first</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3759.htm" title="3759: Ouai (N) -- Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; woe.">woe</a> <a href="/greek/565.htm" title="565: apēlthen (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.">has passed.</a> <a href="/greek/2400.htm" title="2400: idou (V-AMA-2S) -- See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/greek/1417.htm" title="1417: dyo (Adj-NFP) -- Two. A primary numeral; two.">two</a> <a href="/greek/3759.htm" title="3759: Ouai (N) -- Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; woe.">woes</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still.">are still</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To come, go. ">to follow.</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. "></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-ANP) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a></span><br />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 by the remaining three angels!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Revelation 11:14</a></span><br />The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21</a></span><br />For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1</a></span><br />“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2</a></span><br />a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a></span><br />That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-7.htm">Jeremiah 30:7</a></span><br />How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-9</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-5.htm">Ezekiel 7:5-7</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming! / The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come! / Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Amos 5:18-20</a></span><br />Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-19.htm">Mark 13:19</a></span><br />For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-26</a></span><br />There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.</p><p class="hdg">woe.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1,2</a></b></br> And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit… </p><p class="hdg">two.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">Revelation 9:13-21</a></b></br> And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a></b></br> And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Revelation 11:14</a></b></br> The second woe is past; <i>and</i>, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">First</a> <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/1_john/2-8.htm">Past</a> <a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/revelation/2-9.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Woes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">First</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Past</a> <a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/psalms/32-10.htm">Woes</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">The first woe past.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">The sixth trumpet sounds.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Four angels who were bound are let loose.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Revelation, the "woes" are severe judgments from God upon the earth during the end times. The first woe involved a plague of demonic locusts tormenting those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. This aligns with the biblical theme of divine judgment and protection for God's people, reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt where the Israelites were spared. The use of "woe" is significant in biblical literature, often indicating a pronouncement of judgment or lamentation, as seen in the prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah.<p><b>Behold,</b><br>The term "behold" is used frequently in Scripture to draw attention to something significant or to emphasize the importance of what follows. It serves as a call to the reader or listener to pay close attention, indicating that the message is of great importance. In the context of Revelation, it underscores the gravity and imminence of the events being described.<p><b>two woes are still to follow.</b><br>This phrase indicates that the judgments are not yet complete, and there are more severe trials to come. The two remaining woes correspond to the sixth and seventh trumpet judgments. The sixth trumpet involves the release of four angels bound at the Euphrates River, leading to a massive loss of life, while the seventh trumpet introduces the final series of judgments known as the bowl judgments. This progression of woes highlights the increasing intensity of God's judgment as the end times unfold. Theologically, it reflects the concept of God's justice and the fulfillment of prophecy, as well as the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom. The anticipation of further woes also serves as a call to repentance and readiness for the return of Christ, a central theme in eschatological teachings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_first_woe.htm">The First Woe</a></b><br>This refers to the first of three woes announced by an eagle flying in mid-heaven in <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a>. The woes are judgments from God, intensifying the tribulations on earth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_two_remaining_woes.htm">The Two Remaining Woes</a></b><br>These are the subsequent judgments that are yet to come, indicating that the severity of God's wrath is increasing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_angelic_messenger.htm">The Angelic Messenger</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, the context involves angelic beings who are executing God's judgments as described in the surrounding passages.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The setting for these events is the earth, which is experiencing the consequences of divine judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inhabitants_of_the_earth.htm">The Inhabitants of the Earth</a></b><br>Those who dwell on the earth are the recipients of these woes, highlighting the impact of sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_judgment.htm">Understanding God's Judgment</a></b><br>The woes remind us of the seriousness of sin and the reality of God's righteous judgment. Believers are called to live in holiness and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The announcement of the woes serves as a warning to repent and turn to God before it's too late. This is a call to evangelism and personal reflection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_tribulation.htm">Hope Amidst Tribulation</a></b><br>While the woes are severe, they are part of God's redemptive plan. Believers can find hope in God's ultimate victory and the promise of eternal life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>The progression of the woes demonstrates God's control over history. Trusting in His sovereignty provides peace amidst chaos.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_spiritual_warfare.htm">Preparation for Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The spiritual nature of these events calls believers to be vigilant in prayer and equipped with the armor of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_three_woes_in_revelation.htm">What are the three woes in Revelation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'open_heaven's_windows'_mean.htm">What does 'Satan entered Judas' signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_2_kings_18_25_consistent_with_other_divine_judgments.htm">2 Kings 18:25 - Is the claim that the Assyrian king was acting by God's command consistent with other biblical accounts of divine judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_the_seals,_trumpets,_bowls_mean.htm">What do the Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls signify?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">One woe is</span> <span class= "bld">passed . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">The one woe has passed; behold there cometh</span> (the verb is in the ( singular) <span class= "ital">yet two woes after these things.</span> Here is the patience and faith of the saints. The troubles which pass only yield place to more, the rest and the victory are not yet; the powers of evil have not exhausted themselves, the iniquity of the social and spiritual Amorites is not yet full,<p>(12) THE SIXTH TRUMPET--THE SECOND WOE TRUMPET.--The first point which will strike the reader is that the plague under this trumpet resembles the last, though it is one of much more aggravated nature. Again we have vast hosts, with the powers of the horse, the lion, and the viper, at command, but the destructive elements are increased, the multitudes are more numerous, the horses' heads grow lion-like. With the mouth breathing forth threatening and slaughter, as well as with the tail armed with deadly fangs, they can deal forth, not torment only, as in the last vision, but death itself, to a vast proportion of the human race. To aid in this new desolation new forces are released: the four angels bound near the Euphrates are loosed. The next point to notice is that, even more directly than before, we are reminded that the moral and spiritual aspect of these visions should claim our thought. The aim of the plague is to exhibit the death-working power of false thoughts, false customs, false beliefs, and to rouse men to forsake the false worships, worldliness, and self-indulgence into which they had fallen (<a href="/context/revelation/9-20.htm" title="And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:">Revelation 9:20-21</a>). The Psalmist has told us that great plagues remain for the ungodly. Here, whatever special interpretations we may adopt, is an illustration of the Psalmist's words. The enemy against whom these foes are gathered is the great world lost in false thoughts, luxurious ways, dishonest customs; that world which in the very essential genius of its nature is hostile to goodness and the God of goodness. But the hosts which come against this sin-drowned world are not merely plagues, as famine and pestilence, they are plagues which are the results of the world-spirit, and are to a great extent, therefore, the creation of those who suffer. For there are evils which are loosed upon the world by the natural action of sin and sinful customs. As the evil spirit mingled for the first time in the plague of the fifth trumpet, so from all quarters (typified by the <span class= "ital">four</span> angels) new powers of misery arise. Nor must another feature be overlooked: the historical basis of the Apocalypse is the past history of the chosen people; God's dealings with men always follow the same lines. The Apocalypse shows us the same principles working in higher levels and in wider arena. The Israel of God, the Church of Christ, with its grand opportunities, takes the place of the national Israel. Its advance is against the world, and the trumpets of war are sounded. Its progress is, like Israel's, at first a success; it gains its footing in the world, but the world-spirit which infects it is its worst and bitterest foe; it becomes timid, and seeks false alliances; it has its Hezekiahs, men of astonishing faith in hours of real peril, and of astonishing timidity in times of comparative safety, who can defy a real foe, but fall before a pretended ally, and who in mistaken friendliness lay the foundation of more terrible dangers (<a href="/context/2_kings/20-12.htm" title="At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.">2Kings 20:12-19</a>). The people who are victorious by faith at Jericho lay themselves open by their timid worldliness to the dangers of a Babylonish foe. The plague which falls on the spirit of worldliness does not spare the worldliness in the Church. he overthrow of corrupted systems bearing the Christian name is not a victory of the world over the Church, but of the Church over the world. He who mistakes the husk for the grain, and the shell for the kernel, will despair for Christianity when organisations disappear; but he who remembers that God is able to raise up even of the stones children to Abraham, will never be confounded; he knows the vision may linger, but it cannot come too late (<a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm" title="How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him;">Hebrews 2:3</a>). With all this section the prophecy of Habakkuk should be compared, especially <a href="/context/revelation/1-6.htm" title="And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.">Revelation 1:6-11</a>; <a href="/context/revelation/1-14.htm" title="His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;">Revelation 1:14-15</a>; <a href="/context/revelation/2-1.htm" title="To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things said he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the middle of the seven golden candlesticks;">Revelation 2:1-14</a>; <a href="/context/revelation/3-17.htm" title="Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:">Revelation 3:17-19</a>. The history of Israel is in much the key to the history of the world. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">One woe is past;</span> <span class="accented">the one woe</span>, or <span class="accented">the first woe.</span> "Woe" (<span class="greek">ἡ οὐαί</span>) is feminine; perhaps because expressing the idea of tribulation, such words being generally feminine in the Greek. Some have thought that these words are a further announcement by the eagle of <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a>; but there is nothing to lead us to suppose that they are not the words of the writer. <span class="cmt_word">And, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.</span> Omit "and:" <span class="accented">behold, there cometh yet two woes hereafter.</span> The verb is singular in <span class="hebrew">א</span>, A, and others; the plural is found in <span class="hebrew">א</span>, B, P, and others. Alford says, "singular, the verb applying simply to that which is future, without reference as yet to its plurality." But probably <span class="greek">οὐαί</span>, although written as a feminine in the preceding clause, being really indeclinable, is treated as a neuter; and thus the singular verb is made to agree with the neuter plural, in conformity with the rules of Greek grammar. The second woe extends from this place to <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Revelation 11:14</a>, and the third woe is contained in <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Revelation 11:14-19</a>, especially in <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/9-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">The</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡ</span> <span class="translit">(hē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">first</span><br /><span class="grk">μία</span> <span class="translit">(mia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> </span><span class="str2">One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">woe</span><br /><span class="grk">Οὐαὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Ouai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3759.htm">Strong's 3759: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; 'woe'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has passed.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπῆλθεν</span> <span class="translit">(apēlthen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_565.htm">Strong's 565: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἰδοὺ</span> <span class="translit">(idou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> </span><span class="str2">See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two</span><br /><span class="grk">δύο</span> <span class="translit">(dyo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1417.htm">Strong's 1417: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">woes</span><br /><span class="grk">Οὐαὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Ouai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3759.htm">Strong's 3759: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; 'woe'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[are] still</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτι</span> <span class="translit">(eti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2089.htm">Strong's 2089: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to follow.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔρχεται</span> <span class="translit">(erchetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 9:12 The first woe is past (Rev. 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