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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
in its duration, as was the similar one on
Egypt. Exodus 7:17-21, 25.
VERSE 8. And the fourth angel poured out his
vial upon the sun; and power was given unto
him to scorch men with fire. 9. 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.
The Fourth Plague. — It is worthy of notice
that every succeeding plague tends to
augment the calamity of the previous ones and
heighten the anguish of the guilty sufferers.
We have now a noisome and grievous sore
preying upon men, inflaming their blood, and
pouring its feverish influence through their
veins. In addition to this, they have only blood
to allay their burning thirst; and, as if to crown