Revelation 8:13

And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator observes and hears a single eagle flying overhead announce a warning to the inhabitants of the earth. This declaration occurs immediately after the fourth trumpet judgment and precedes the remaining three trumpet blasts.

The words — The Greek ἀετοῦ (aetou) literally means "eagle," and πετομένου (petomenou) conveys the active sense of "flying" or "soaring." These terms frame the prophetic warning within a visible, aerial sign.

The thread — The triple "Woe" structure mirrors the sequential judgments outlined in Revelation 9:12 and Revelation 11:14, while the term itself echoes the lamentation and mourning found in Ezekiel 2:10.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that impending divine judgments are imminent and directed specifically at those dwelling on the earth. It requires the reader to acknowledge the sequential nature of the remaining trumpet warnings without diluting their severity.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Cross-references

Revelation 9:12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
Revelation 11:14 The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
Ezekiel 2:10 which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
Hebrews 1:14 Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
Revelation 19:17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Revelation 14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.