Revelation 16:21

Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.

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WEBBE

Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe.

BSB

And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

KJV

And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

ASV

And great hail, [every stone] about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.

BBE

And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.

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καὶ kai And G2532 χάλαζα chalaza a hail G5464 μεγάλη megalē great G3173 ὡς hōs about G5613 ταλαντιαία talantiaia a talent weight G5006 καταβαίνει katabainei comes down G2597 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 οὐρανοῦ ouranou heaven G3772 ἐπὶ epi upon G1909 τοὺς tous the G3588 ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men G444 καὶ kai And G2532 ἐβλασφήμησαν eblasphēmēsan blasphemed G987 οἱ hoi the G3588 ἄνθρωποι anthrōpoi men G444 τὸν ton (the) G3588 θεὸν theon God G2316 ἐκ ek on account of G1537 τῆς tēs the G3588 πληγῆς plēgēs plague G4127 τῆς tēs of the G3588 χαλάζης chalazēs hail G5464 ὅτι hoti for G3754 μεγάλη megalē severe G3173 ἐστὶν estin is G1510 ἡ hē the G3588 πληγὴ plēgē plague G4127 αὐτῆς autēs of it G846 σφόδρα.¶ sphodra exceedingly G4970

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–21

The seventh and last angel poured forth his vial, and the downfal of Babylon was finished. The church triumphant in heaven saw it and rejoiced; the church in conflict on earth saw it and became triumphant. God remembered the great and wicked city; though for some time he seemed to have forgotten her idolatry and cruelty. All that was most secure was carried away by the ruin. Men blasphemed: the greatest judgments that can befal men, will not bring to repentance without the grace of God. To be hardened against God, by his righteous judgments, is a certain token of sure and utter destruction.

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Afflictions And AdversitiesImpenitenceBlasphemyMeteorology And Celestial PhenomenaHail

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.