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11 [L And] The name of the star is Wormwood [C a plant with a greenish, bitter oil; a symbol of bitter sorrow; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15]. And a third of all the water became ·bitter [L wormwood; C again an allusion to the first Egyptian plague], and many people died from ·drinking the water [L the water] that ·was [became; was made] bitter.

12 Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck. So a third of them became dark, and a third of the day was ·without light [kept from shining], and also the night [C echoing the ninth Egyptian plague; Ex. 10:21–23].

13 While I watched, I heard an ·eagle [or vulture] that was flying ·high in the air [L in mid-heaven] cry out in a loud voice, “·Trouble! Trouble! Trouble [ L Woe! Woe! Woe; C reminiscent of OT funeral laments, signifying their doom; Nah. 3:1] for those who live on the earth because of the remaining ·sounds [blasts] of the trumpets that the other three angels are about to blow!”

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11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(A) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(B)

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(C) of them turned dark.(D) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(E)

13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair(F) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe(G) to the inhabitants of the earth,(H) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

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  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.

11 The name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters (A)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, (B)because it had been made bitter.

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of (C)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, (D)“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it