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Revelation 9:2
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author records a vision following the fifth trumpet blast, where a fallen star exercises granted authority over the pit of the Abyss. The words — ἤνοιξεν (ēnoixen) means "he opened," and φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου (phrear tēs abussou) translates literally to "pit of the abyss." The thread — The darkened sun and air parallel Joel 2:2 and Joel 2:10, while the furnace-like smoke mirrors the judgment depicted in Genesis 19:28. Why it lands — The text describes a sudden obscuring of light that precedes the descent of locusts, requiring the reader to acknowledge the immediate execution of judgment through natural phenomena.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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 and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Cross-references
- Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Genesis 19:28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Isaiah 14:31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
- Joel 2:30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Acts 2:19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- Exodus 10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Exodus 19:18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
- Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
- Genesis 15:17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.