Explore the Bible Online

Revelation 9:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 9:3

Theological / Devotional

Locusts. This visitation is reminiscent of the plague of locusts that infested Egypt (Ex. 10:13–15). As early as the 8th century A.D., Beatus, a Spanish monk, is said to have identified the symbol of the locusts with the Moslem Arabs, who in his day had just overrun North Africa, the Near East, and Spain. Since his time many expositors are on record as having made a similar identification.

As the scorpions. Normally locusts do not attack human beings, but these locusts are portrayed as having the venom of scorpions. Scorpions are described as hostile toward man (see Eze. 2:6; Luke 10:19 ; 11:12).

By SdaBc