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Revelation 16:21

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Revelation 16:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 16:21

Theological / Devotional

Great hail. Or, “great hailstones.” For comment on the plague of hail on the land of Egypt see on Ex. 9:18–32. For hail as a weapon of divine retribution see Joshua 10:11; Eze. 13:11, 13, and as a divine judgment in the last great day of God’s wrath see Isa. 28:17, 18; 30:30; Eze. 38:22; Rev. 11:19.

A talent. Variously estimated as weighing from about 58 to 80 lbs. (128 to 176 kg.; see “Talent,” SDA Bible Dictionary).

Blasphemed God. For the third time those upon whom the plagues fall curse God, thus revealing their utter contempt for Him, even in the midst of His most grievous judgments (see on vs. 1, 9, 11).

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