Apocalipse 9:20

20 Os outros homens, que não foram mortos por estas pragas, não se arrependeram das obras das suas mãos, para deixarem de adorar aos demônios, e aos ídolos de ouro, de prata, de bronze, de pedra e de madeira, que nem podem ver, nem ouvir, nem andar.

Apocalipse 9:20 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of men which were not killed by these plagues,
&c.] By whom are meant the western antichristian party; and such of them as were not plagued, harassed, and destroyed by the Turks, as in Germany, at least some parts of it, France, Spain, Italy

yet repented not of the works of their hands:
their idols, their images of saints departed, which their hands had made; the goodness of God in saving them from the depredations of the Turks, should have led them to repentance for their idolatrous worship of images, but it did not:

that they should not worship devils;
or demons, a sort of deities with the Heathens, that mediated between the superior gods and men; and here design angels and saints departed, which the Papists worship, and use as mediators of intercession for them; and this is no other than worshipping of devils, in God's account, and is downright idolatry, and the doctrine of it is the doctrine of devils:

and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood;
which are the several materials of which the Popish images are made: and what aggravates the stupidity of the worshippers of these images, and of the persons represented by them, is, that these are such

which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk;
can neither see their persons, nor hear their prayers, nor stir one foot to their help and assistance; see ( Psalms 115:4-7 ) .

Apocalipse 9:20 In-Context

18 Por estas três pragas foi morta a terça parte dos homens, isto é, pelo fogo, pela fumaça e pelo enxofre, que saíam das suas bocas.
19 Porque o poder dos cavalos estava nas suas bocas e nas suas caudas. Porquanto as suas caudas eram semelhantes a serpentes, e tinham cabeças, e com elas causavam dano.
20 Os outros homens, que não foram mortos por estas pragas, não se arrependeram das obras das suas mãos, para deixarem de adorar aos demônios, e aos ídolos de ouro, de prata, de bronze, de pedra e de madeira, que nem podem ver, nem ouvir, nem andar.
21 Também não se arrependeram dos seus homicídios, nem das suas feitiçarias, nem da sua prostituição, nem dos seus furtos.
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