Revelation 16:21

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And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceedingly great.

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Bede

AD 735

blasphemed: That is, because some sins are the cause of sin, some the punishment of sin, some both; as Isaiah says, "Behold thou art wroth, and we have sinned." In this place "to blaspheme God, because of the hail," is acknowledged to be both sin, and the punishment of sin. <a

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Bede

AD 735

hail: The hail of the wrath of God is likened to a talent; for it is both heavy in weight, and equal in judgment, and is inflicted upon all according to the diversity of their faults. And all the plagues of Egypt were figures of spiritual plagues.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

And great hail like a talent came down Ver. 21. Et grando magna sicut talentum, os talantiaia, quasi talentaris. The Protestants and Mr. N. translate hail about the weight of a talent, as if every hailstone were of that weight.

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