Revelation 11:14

14 The second Woe is past; the third Woe will soon be here.

Revelation 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 11:14

The second woe is past
Not in John's time, only in a visionary way; the meaning is, that the second woe trumpet, which is the sixth, will now have done sounding, when the four angels, bound in the river Euphrates, shall have been loosed, and they, with their horsemen, shall have done what they were designed to do; when the two witnesses shall have been slain, and are raised again, and ascended to heaven; and the things attending, or following thereon, as the earthquake, and slaughter, and the conversions of men, are accomplished.

[And] behold the third woe cometh quickly;
immediately, upon the passing of the other; namely, the sounding of the seventh trumpet, as follows.

Revelation 11:14 In-Context

12 Then they heard a loud voice calling to them out of Heaven, and bidding them come up; and they went up to Heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them go.

13 And just as that time there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city was overthrown. 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

14 The second Woe is past; the third Woe will soon be here.

15 The seventh angel blew his trumpet; and there followed loud voices in Heaven which said, "The sovereignty of the world now belongs to our Lord and His Christ; and He will be King until the Ages of the Ages."

16 Then the twenty-four Elders, who sit on thrones in the presence of God, fell on their faces and worshipped God,