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And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible. <a href="/nlt/revelation/16.htm">New Living Translation</a> There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm. <a href="/esv/revelation/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe. <a href="/bsb/revelation/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous. <a href="/blb/revelation/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And a great hail, about a talent weight, comes down out of heaven upon the men. And the men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail, for the plague of it is exceedingly severe. <a href="/kjv/revelation/16.htm">King James Bible</a> And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/16.htm">New King James Version</a> And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And huge hailstones, weighing about a talent each, came down from heaven upon people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because the hailstone plague was extremely severe. <a href="/nasb/revelation/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe. <a href="/lsb/revelation/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And huge hailstones, about one talent each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe. <a href="/amp/revelation/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And giant hailstones, as heavy as a talent, fell from the sky on the people; and people reviled and spoke abusively of God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so very great. <a href="/csb/revelation/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Enormous hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe. <a href="/asv/revelation/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great. <a href="/cev/revelation/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Hailstones, weighing about 50 kilograms each, fell from the sky on people. Finally, the people cursed God, because the hail was so terrible. <a href="/erv/revelation/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great. <a href="/gwt/revelation/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Large, heavy hailstones fell from the sky on people. The people cursed God because the plague of hail was such a terrible plague. <a href="/gnt/revelation/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> Huge hailstones, each weighing as much as a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, who cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because it was such a terrible plague. <a href="/isv/revelation/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> Huge hailstones, each weighing about a talent, fell from the sky on people, who cursed God because the plague of hail was so terrible. <a href="/msb/revelation/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous. <a href="/net/revelation/16.htm">NET Bible</a> And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people, but they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it was so horrendous. <a href="/nheb/revelation/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe. <a href="/wbt/revelation/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague of it was exceeding great. <a href="/wey/revelation/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And heavy hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe. <a href="/web/revelation/16.htm">World English Bible</a> Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and great hail (as of talent weight) comes down out of the sky on men, and men slandered God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is very great. <a href="/blb/revelation/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And a great hail, about a talent weight, comes down out of heaven upon the men. And the men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail, for the plague of it is exceedingly severe. <a href="/ylt/revelation/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and great hail (as of talent weight) doth come down out of the heaven upon men, and men did speak evil of God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is very great. <a href="/slt/revelation/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And great hail, as the weight of a talent, comes down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God for the blow of the hail; for its blow is exceedingly great.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And great hail, like a talent, came down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail: because it was exceeding great. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And hail as heavy as a talent descended from the sky upon men. And men blasphemed God, because of the affliction of the hail, for it was exceedingly great. <a href="/nabre/revelation/16.htm">New American Bible</a> Large hailstones like huge weights came down from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because this plague was so severe. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And great hail, about the size of a talent, fell out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the destructive force of the hail was exceedingly great. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And great hailstones, about a talent, fell from the sky on the children of men, and the children of men cursed God because of the plague of hail, because his plague was very great. <div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, fell from heaven upon men; and men spoke impiously against God, because of the plague of the hail: for the plague of it was very great. <a href="/godbey/revelation/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And great hail like a talent comes down from the heaven upon the people; and the people blasphemed God, on account of the plague of the hail; because the plague of it was exceedingly great. <a href="/haweis/revelation/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And a great storm of hail, each about a talent weight, fell from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God for the plague of hail: for great was the plague of it, exceedingly great.<CM> <a href="/mace/revelation/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a TALENT: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding great. <a href="/wey/revelation/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And heavy hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe. <a href="/worrell/revelation/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And great hail, as of a talent's weight, comes down out of the heaven upon the men; and the men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; because the plague thereof is exceedingly great! <a href="/worsley/revelation/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And great hail-stones of a talent weight came down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. <a href="/parallel/revelation/16-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=3357" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/16.htm">The Seventh Bowl of Wrath</a> …20Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found. 21<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalē (Adj-NFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">great</a> <a href="/greek/5464.htm" title="5464: chalaza (N-NFS) -- Hail. Probably from chalao; hail.">hailstones</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">weighing almost</a> <a href="/greek/5006.htm" title="5006: talantiaia (Adj-NFS) -- A talent in weight. From talanton; talent-like in weight.">a hundred pounds each</a> <a href="/greek/2597.htm" title="2597: katabainei (V-PIA-3S) -- To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.">rained down</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpous (N-AMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">them</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">above.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpoi (N-NMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">men</a> <a href="/greek/987.htm" title="987: eblasphēmēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- From blasphemos; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously.">cursed</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">for</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- 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/4127.htm" title="4127: plēgēs (N-GFS) -- A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity.">plague</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/5464.htm" title="5464: chalazēs (N-GFS) -- Hail. Probably from chalao; hail.">hail,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</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/4127.htm" title="4127: plēgē (N-NFS) -- A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity.">it</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">was</a> <a href="/greek/4970.htm" title="4970: sphodra (Adv) -- Exceedingly, greatly, very much. Neuter plural of sphodros as adverb; vehemently, i.e. In a high degree, much."></a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalē (Adj-NFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">so horrendous.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-25</a> So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. / The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation. / Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree. <a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Joshua 10:11</a> As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites. <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a> I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a> Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. <a href="/job/38-22.htm">Job 38:22-23</a> Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, / which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a> And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. <a href="/isaiah/32-19.htm">Isaiah 32:19</a> But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. <a href="/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12-13</a> From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire. / The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire. <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47-48</a> He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. / He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. <a href="/psalms/105-32.htm">Psalm 105:32</a> He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. <a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21</a> For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a> There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <a href="/mark/13-19.htm">Mark 13:19</a> For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again. <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a> Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a> Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And there fell on men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.there fell.<a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a> The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.<a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a> And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.<a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-26</a> And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt… blasphemed.<a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9,11</a> And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory… <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a> And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Blasphemed</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/acts/27-29.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jude/1-24.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/3_john/1-3.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Extremely</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-21.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Hailstones</a> <a href="/revelation/16-17.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/acts/27-41.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/revelation/14-20.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/john/19-39.htm">Pounds</a> <a href="/revelation/14-3.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Severe</a> <a href="/revelation/15-1.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/revelation/15-6.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/matthew/25-28.htm">Talent</a> <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/24-11.htm">Blasphemed</a> <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-24.htm">Extremely</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/revelation/19-4.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Hailstones</a> <a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm">Pounds</a> <a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Severe</a> <a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/exodus/25-39.htm">Talent</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/genesis/24-22.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 16</div>1. <a href="/revelation/16-1.htm">The angels pour out their bowls of wrath.</a> 6. <a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">The plagues that follow.</a> 16. <a href="/revelation/16-16.htm">Armageddon.</a> </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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This phrase describes a catastrophic event during the seventh bowl judgment in the Book of Revelation. The imagery of hailstones is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">Exodus 9:22-26</a>) and serves as a symbol of divine judgment. The weight of the hailstones, nearly a hundred pounds, emphasizes the severity and supernatural nature of this judgment, as such large hailstones are not naturally occurring. This event can be seen as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as in <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a>, where hail is used as an instrument of God's wrath. The use of hailstones also connects to the theme of God's sovereignty over creation, as seen in <a href="/job/38-22.htm">Job 38:22-23</a>, where God stores up hail for times of trouble.And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous. Despite the clear demonstration of divine power, the response of the people is one of blasphemy rather than repentance. This reaction highlights the hardness of human hearts and the persistent rebellion against God, even in the face of undeniable evidence of His might. This mirrors the response of Pharaoh during the plagues of Egypt, where his heart was hardened despite witnessing God's power (<a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Exodus 9:34-35</a>). The phrase underscores the theme of judgment throughout Revelation, where humanity's refusal to repent leads to further divine retribution. It also serves as a warning of the consequences of rejecting God's authority, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a>, where God's wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/great_hailstones.htm">Great Hailstones</a> These are massive stones of ice, each weighing about a hundred pounds, symbolizing divine judgment and wrath. 2. <a href="/topical/m/men.htm">Men</a> Refers to humanity experiencing the judgment, specifically those who are unrepentant and blasphemous towards God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign deity executing judgment upon the earth, highlighting His power and justice. 4. <a href="/topical/p/plague_of_hail.htm">Plague of Hail</a> A catastrophic event that is part of the series of judgments described in Revelation, emphasizing the severity of God's wrath. 5. <a href="/topical/c/cursing_of_god.htm">Cursing of God</a> The response of the people to the judgment, showing their hardened hearts and refusal to repent.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> Recognize that God is in control of all events, including natural disasters, and uses them to fulfill His purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_human_hearts.htm">The Hardness of Human Hearts</a> Understand that despite clear signs of divine intervention, many will still refuse to repent, highlighting the depth of human rebellion. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Use these warnings as a call to examine our own lives and ensure we are living in alignment with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_justice.htm">The Reality of Divine Justice</a> Acknowledge that God's justice is real and will be executed, encouraging believers to live righteously and share the gospel. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_protection.htm">Hope in God's Protection</a> Trust in God's ability to protect and preserve His people even amidst severe judgments.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 16</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_seven_bowls_of_revelation.htm">What are the Seven Bowls of Revelation?</a> <a href="/q/can_revelation's_plagues_be_validated.htm">Revelation 15:1 mentions seven last plagues—how can these be scientifically or historically validated? </a> <a href="/q/is_new_jerusalem's_size_feasible.htm">How could the immense measurements of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:16) be architecturally or scientifically feasible?</a> <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/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) And there fell. . . .--And a great hail, as of a talent in weight, descends from the heaven on men. There is again a reference to the Egyptian plagues. But we may also call to mind the great defeat of the enemies of Israel at Beth-horon (<a href="/context/joshua/10-1.htm" title="Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;">Joshua 10:1-11</a>), when "the Lord cast down great stones from heaven." Such an overthrow awaits every confederacy that sets itself in array against the kingdom of the righteous King. The discomfiture and the plague works no repentance; the men blaspheme God because of the hail, for great is its plague exceedingly. The proud, hard spirit which still hates the good remains: thus is sin its own worst penalty. As an illustration of this hard, unsubdued spirit, we may call to mind Capaneus, in Dante's Inferno, and the words in which Virgil addresses him:--"Thou art more punished, in that this thy prideLives yet unquenched; no torment save thy rageWere to thy fury pain proportioned full.The unrepentant state of those upon whom the vials are poured is to be contrasted with the different result of the earthquake in <a href="/revelation/11-13.htm" title="And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.">Revelation 11:13</a>, when men gave glory to the God of heaven.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; cometh down upon, the present tense, rendering the description more graphic. Commentators usually quote 'Diodorus Siculus' (19:45), who mentions. as something marvellous, hailstones of a mina in weight; the mina being one-sixtieth of a talent; and also the account of Josephus, who speaks of stones a talent in weight being thrown by machines at the siege of Jerusalem (see Wetstein, ad loc.). "The men," though not pointing to any particular group of men who have been definitely mentioned, nevertheless necessarily refers to the wicked, were are the object of this punishment. "Hail" is frequently mentioned as a judgment of God and is added here to heighten the general effect of the description (cf. <a href="/exodus/9.htm">Exodus 9</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Joshua 10:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47</a>; <a href="/psalms/105-32.htm">Psalm 105:32</a>; <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a>; <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a>; also <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a>; <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a>). And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great; is exceeding great (vide supra). As in ver. 9, men repent not. Like Pharaoh, their hearts are hardened. These words end the general description of the vial judgments, but the events alludes to under the seventh vial are elaborated and particularized in the chapters which follow; the whole concluding at the end of <a href="/revelation/19.htm">Revelation 19</a>. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/16-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. huge μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. hailstones, χάλαζα (chalaza) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5464.htm">Strong's 5464: </a> Hail. Probably from chalao; hail. about ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. a hundred pounds [each], ταλαντιαία (talantiaia) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5006.htm">Strong's 5006: </a> A talent in weight. From talanton; talent-like in weight. rained down καταβαίνει (katabainei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2597.htm">Strong's 2597: </a> To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. on ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. [them] ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. above. οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. men ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. cursed ἐβλασφήμησαν (eblasphēmēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_987.htm">Strong's 987: </a> From blasphemos; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously. God Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. plague πληγῆς (plēgēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. hail, χαλάζης (chalazēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5464.htm">Strong's 5464: </a> Hail. Probably from chalao; hail. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. [it] πληγὴ (plēgē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity. was ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. so horrendous. μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 16:21 Great hailstones about the weight (Rev. 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