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Revelation 8:11

King James Version (KJV)

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And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Revelation 8:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 8:11

Theological / Devotional

Name. As the “name” often denotes a characteristic of that to which it is attached, the name of this star may be taken as descriptive of the judgment that falls under this trumpet (see on Acts 3:16).

Wormwood. Gr. apsinthos, a notoriously bitter herb, Artemisia absinthium. In the present passage the waters themselves become wormwood.

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