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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
God has solemnly addressed the wicked,

saying, “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and

righteousness to the plummet; and the hail

shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the

waters shall overflow the hiding-place.” Isaiah

28:17. (See also Isaiah 30:30.) And he asks Job

if he has seen the treasures of the hail, which

he has “reserved against the time of trouble,

against the day of battle and war.” Job 38:22,

23.

“Every stone about the weight of a talent.” A

talent, according to various authorities, as a

weight, is about fifty-seven pounds

avoirdupois. What could withstand the force

of stones of such an enormous weight falling

from heaven? But mankind, at this time, will

have no shelter. The cities have fallen in a

mighty earthquake, the islands have fled