Bible Strands
Revelation 9:12
The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — John records this declaration during the trumpet judgments, marking the conclusion of the fifth plague and the immediate transition to the sixth.
The words — οὐαὶ (ouai) = Woe and ἔρχεται (erchetai) = are coming.
The thread — The same structural announcement appears in Revelation 8:13 and Revelation 11:14, tracking the fixed progression of the final judgments.
Why it lands — It demands recognition of the predetermined sequence of events and directs attention to the next phase of judgment without speculation or delay.
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The Greek words
King James Version
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Cross-references
- Revelation 11:14 The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
- 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!”
- Revelation 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God