O panorama
Apocalipse 9 abre com “And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to…”, muda perto do versículo 11 com “And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in…” e termina com “Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their…”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
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Apocalipse · Versão King James · 21Apocalipse 9:1-7
Versículos 1–7: The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the…
Apocalipse 9:1–7 abre com “And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was…” e chega a “And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Veja como o trono, o Cordeiro e a adoração celestial mostram quem realmente governa os acontecimentos de Apocalipse.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“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…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem angel, bottomless, earth. A relação com os versículos 2 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem smoke, arose, bottomless. A relação com os versículos 1 e 3 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem earth, power, locusts. A relação com os versículos 2 e 4 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Apocalipse 9:1-7
Versão King James1And 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.
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Apocalipse 9:8-14
Versículos 8–14: They had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of…
Apocalipse 9:8–14 abre com “And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.” e chega a “Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Veja como o trono, o Cordeiro e a adoração celestial mostram quem realmente governa os acontecimentos de Apocalipse.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem hair, teeth, lions. A relação com os versículos 9 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem breastplates, sound, battle. A relação com os versículos 8 e 10 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Apocalipse 9:8-14
Versão King James8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Apocalipse 9:15-21
Versículos 15–21: The four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day…
Apocalipse 9:15–21 abre com “And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a…” e chega a “Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Veja como o trono, o Cordeiro e a adoração celestial mostram quem realmente governa os acontecimentos de Apocalipse.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the…” O número four torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
“And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.” O número two torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
“And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem brimstone, fire, heads. A relação com os versículos 16 e 18 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Apocalipse 9:15-21
Versão King James15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20And 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:
21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Revelation 9:1 começa com “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.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Revelation 9:11 forma uma mudança natural: “And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name…”
A nota final
Revelation 9:21 deixa o leitor com “Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras smoke, angel, earth, heads, horses, power ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.
