Revelation of John 9:9
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They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
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as it were breastplates of iron--not such as forms the thorax of the natural locust. as . . . chariots-- (Joe 2:5-7). battle--Greek, "war."
Open source ↗In this chapter we have an account of the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets, the appearances that attended them, and the events that were to follow; the fifth trumpet (Rev 9:1-12), the sixth (Rev 9:13, etc.).
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At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.