Revelation 16:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Blasphemed

And they

General references

Exodus 9:2

Jeremiah 25:16

Bible References

Blasphemed

And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain.

While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.

And they

And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.

And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

General references

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.