And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the other blasts of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.
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… These are awful judgments that God sends against the natural world. And yet the worst is yet to come. And that's why we find this pause in verse 13. Then John says, I looked and I heard an eagle flying in mid heaven saying with a loud voice, woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth because of the remaining blast of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to come. as I said a moment ago these final three trumpet judgments will be against man himself and they're going to result in some of the worst human suffering the world has ever known the Bible says it's going to last for five months and people who are affected by this judgment are going to be in such agony and pain that they will cry out to God to be able to die but God will not allow them to die. It is an agonizing judgment that is yet to come. That word woe is always a pronouncement of divine judgment. He doesn't say it once, but he says it three times. There are three coming judgments. Woe, woe, woe to those who are unfortunate enough to dwell on the earth. …
… But we have an introduction to that in verse 13, so go back to verse 13 of chapter 8. Then I looked, John says, and heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth. To those who dwell on the earth is a technical phrase for the unbelievers in the world. It's used about a half a dozen times in the book of Revelation. So woe, meaning judgment, coming to those who dwell on the earth, unbelievers, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound. more trumpets, and out of the seventh trumpet come seven rapid-fire bowl judgments that happen at the end of that three and a half years in a matter of weeks and days. But looking for a moment at verse 13, an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice. Now, eagles can't speak, so this is an unusual eagle. It can speak. I'm not sure how to say any more than what Scripture says, but this is to indicate to us that a message will be given to the earth which everyone can see and everyone can hear." And this is a message of judgment, indicated by the three woes which mark each of the three final trumpets. …
Verse 13, "'Then I looked.'" And I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice, woe, woe, woe." That's an onomatopoetic word like, oi, oi, oi. To those who dwell on the earth because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound. Can it get worse? It can get worse. It does get worse. The first four trumpets are discussed in seven verses. The next three, it's going to take fifty verses to describe. But what is so sad about this is that no matter what the judgments are, men refuse to repent. They will not repent. We saw that at the end of chapter 9. We saw that as I read to you from chapter 16. They blaspheme the God of heaven." An old commentator, I think, summed this up beautifully enough to read. He wrote this, "'Though sentence against an evil work, be not executed speedily. It will be executed at last. Jezebel may flourish in her iniquities for many years, but finally the horses trample her body in the streets, and the dogs gnaw and crunch her royal bones. …