And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
16. and said ] should be and they say.
to the mountains, &c.] Hos 10:8: adopted by our Lord, Luk 23:30. In that passage, it is entirely natural to understand Him to refer to the destruction of Jerusalem only: and therefore it does not seem necessary to understand this vision as implying that the Last Judgement is immediately to come. A judgement of the Lord has now been prepared for, by all the signs that He foretold of it: His Disciples, no doubt, will “look up and lift up their heads,” while the world which does not “love His appearing” is terrified. And we see in the next chapter that the faith of those is not unrewarded: but the dread of these is not immediately realised. In fact, the last “Day of the Lord” will come “when they shall say, ‘Peace and safety’ ” (1Th 5:3) not therefore, apparently, preceded by terrors like those among the ungodly, but rather by an unbelief (not so uncommon now) that has outlived such alarms, and asks, “Where is the promise of His Coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
from the face of him that sitteth, &c.] In spite of Joh 5:22, it seems plain that the Father as well as the Son will be specially present and specially revealed in the judgement. See Mat 16:27 and parallels: which are to be taken into account in the interpretation of Tit 2:13, and of ch. Rev 20:11 in the book.
from the wrath of the Lamb ] It is scarcely necessary to point out the paradoxical character of the words, and its deep significance.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 16. Said to the mountains and rocks] Expressions which denote the strongest perturbation and alarm. They preferred any kind of death to that which they apprehended from this most awful revolution.
From the face of him that sitteth on the throne] They now saw that all these terrible judgments came from the Almighty; and that Christ, the author of Christianity, was now judging, condemning, and destroying them for their cruel persecutions of his followers.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us: see Hos 10:8; Luk 23:30. They shall be in a great consternation, and be ready to take any course for security.
From the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; from the wrath of God, and of Jesus Christ.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
16. from the face (Ps34:16). On the whole verse, compare Hos 10:8;Luk 23:30.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us,…. They chose death rather than life. Dioclesian being invited by Constantine to a marriage feast, excused himself by reason of his old age; but receiving threatening letters, the historian t says, in which he was charged with having favoured Maxentius, and with favouring Maximinus, he poisoned himself; and others of the emperors are said to lay violent hands upon themselves:
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; thus they owned the proper deity, and almighty power of God, and Christ, which they dreaded; so Maximinus being afflicted with a most horrible disease, of which he died, asked pardon of the God of the Christians, and owned that he suffered justly, for his reproaches of Christ u Licinius, who sometimes pretended to be a Christian, and joined with Constantine, but afterwards revolted and fought against him, being conquered and taken, was put to death; at which time he, and they that suffered death with him, confessed that the God of Constantine was the only true God w. This passage shows, that Christ, God’s firstborn, is higher than the kings of the earth; yea, that he is equal with him that sits upon the throne, with God his Father, since his wrath is equally dreaded as his; and that, though he is a Lamb, mild, meek, and gentle, yet there is wrath, fury, and indignation in him, against his enemies, which is very dreadful and intolerable; see Ps 2:12.
t Aurel. Victor. Epitome. u Euseb. Hist. l. 9. c. 10. & de Vita Constantin. l. 1. c. 59. w Euseb. de Vita Constantin. l. 2. c. 18.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
They say (). Vivid dramatic present active indicative, as is natural here.
Fall on us ( ‘ ). Second aorist (first aorist ending) imperative of , tense of urgency, do it now.
And hide us ( ). Same tense of urgency again from (verb in verse 15). Both imperatives come in inverted order from Ho 10:8 with (cover) in place of (hide), quoted by Jesus on the way to the Cross (Lu 23:30) in the order here, but with , not .
From the face of him that ( , etc.). “What sinners dread most is not death, but the revealed Presence of God” (Swete). Cf. Ge 3:8.
And from the wrath of the Lamb ( ). Repetition of “the grave irony” (Swete) of 5:5f. The Lamb is the Lion again in the terribleness of his wrath. Recall the mourning in 1:7. See Mt 25:41ff. where Jesus pronounces the woes on the wicked.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Said [] . Lit., say. So Rev.
Fall on us. Compare Hos 10:8; Luk 23:30.
Wrath [] . Denoting a deep – seated wrath. See on Joh 3:36.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And said to the mountains and rocks,” (kai legousin tois oresin kai tois petrais) “And they say to the mountains and to the rocks,” the “they” who talk to the rocks and mountains are “they” of the preceding verse, those who were unsaved and unprepared to meet God, Amo 4:12; Act 17:30-31; Pro 29:1.
2) “Fall on us,” (pesete eph’ hemas) “Fall ye upon us,” “Come heaving down over us; Facing the wrath of God out of fear these desired to die, preferred to be annihilated, rather than to face God in judgment, yet after fear and death there is a judgment to meet, Heb 9:27.
3) “And hide us,” (kai krupsate hemas) “And hide, conceal us; Hos 10:8; Luk 23:30; Isa 2:10; Isa 2:19; Isa 2:21. Yet there is no hiding place from God, for the all-seeing all penetrating eye and all knowing God shall be there in wrath, Psa 139:12; Heb 4:13.
4) “From the face of him that sitteth on the throne,” (apo prosopou tou kathemenou epi tou thronou) “Away from the face-view of him that sitteth upon the throne; Isa 2:19; These rebels against God know that he is on the throne, though they have not heretofore acted that way, Heb 1:3; Col 3:1; Rev 4:2; Rev 4:8-9; Rom 2:4-9; Rev 20:11.
5) “And from the wrath of the Lamb,” (kai apo tes orges tou arniou) “And from the wrath or fury of the Lamb,” or his rejected mercy, offered pardon, and salvation, Pro 1:22; Pro 1:30; The Lamb whose call to personal salvation from eternal wrath had been rejected, Pro 29:1; Isa 53:4-6; Jer 11:14; 2Th 1:6-9.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
16. Fall on us Begging the boon of death to escape a doom worse than death. Says Stuart: “In like manner Pliny represents some fugitives from the fiery shower of Vesuvius as praying for death that they might escape the igneous deluge of the mountain: Erant qui metu morris mortem precaventur some, through fear of death, begged for death.” (Epis. 6:20.) The wish expressed in the text may be further illustrated by a reference to the very common cases of suicide in prisons, when persons are under sentence of death, or expect it with certainty. They thus escape a more horrible death, and, in their apprehension, a more disgraceful one, by an exit which is less appalling. Note on Rev 9:6.
Sitteth on the throne Not the apocalyptic symbol throne of Rev 4:1, but the judgment throne of Rev 20:11.
Wrath of the Lamb The wrath of him on the throne is the wrath of rectoral justice; the wrath of the Lamb is the still more terrible wrath of abused grace and mercy. No vengeance so awful as divine love transformed to divine wrath.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Ver. 16. And said to the mountains ] Which yet was but a poor shelter; for mountains melted and rocks rent at his presence. So that if wicked men cry to the hills, Help us, they will give an echo, Help us. For God’s wrath is upon the creature for man’s sin.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
said = they say.
Fall, &c. See Hos 10:8, and compare Luk 23:30.
face. Greek. prosopon. Same word “presence” in 2Th 1:9.
wrath. Greek. orge. Only once in N.T. is “wrath” attributed to the Lord; see Mar 3:5. Elsewhere it pertains to God. “Wrath of the Lamb”! Divine love spurned and rejected turning to judicial “wrath” and destruction.
Lamb. In Rev 5:5 the Lamb-Lion; here, the Lion-Lamb.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Fall: Rev 10:6, Jer 8:3, Hos 10:8, Luk 23:30
the face: Rev 4:2, Rev 4:5, Rev 4:9, Rev 20:11
and from: Rev 6:10, Rev 19:15, Psa 2:9-12, Psa 14:5, Psa 21:8-12, Psa 110:5, Psa 110:6, Zec 1:14, Zec 1:15, Mat 26:64, 2Th 1:7-9
Reciprocal: Exo 11:6 – General Jos 2:11 – did there remain Jos 2:24 – all the inhabitants Jdg 8:12 – took 2Ki 7:6 – the Lord 2Ch 32:21 – the leaders Est 1:12 – was the king Job 13:20 – hide myself Job 18:11 – Terrors Job 24:17 – in the terrors Job 25:2 – Dominion Job 34:22 – no Psa 2:12 – when Psa 18:45 – afraid Psa 21:9 – in his Psa 45:4 – right Psa 47:2 – is terrible Psa 50:22 – I tear Psa 68:2 – as wax Psa 68:35 – terrible Psa 76:7 – who Psa 88:7 – Thy wrath Isa 2:10 – Enter Isa 5:15 – the mean Isa 6:1 – sitting Isa 10:3 – And what Isa 22:5 – crying Jer 11:11 – which Eze 25:14 – and they shall know Zec 14:5 – the Lord Mat 3:7 – flee Mar 3:5 – with anger Joh 1:29 – Behold Joh 3:36 – but Rom 4:15 – Because Rom 9:22 – willing 2Th 1:8 – taking Heb 2:3 – How Rev 5:6 – a Lamb Rev 5:13 – and unto Rev 9:6 – shall men
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
THE WRATH OF THE LAMB
The wrath of the Lamb.
Rev 6:16
We should not allow the sympathy, the gentleness, the compassion, the loving humanity of Jesus, as we find Him portrayed in the Gospels, to blind us to the fact that there is such a thing, after all, as the wrath of the Lamb. The wrath of the Lamb! The words suggest a somewhat painful line of thought.
God is incapable of change. And such as God was in the times of the older dispensation, such is He now to us who live in the clearer light and fuller privileges of the dispensation of the Spirit.
I. It was unavoidable that the sterner side of the Divine character should be first turned to the human race. Men had to be educated in the knowledge of sin before they could come to understand their true position; before they could appreciate their need of Gods help, as well as the necessity of an entire and perfect submission to Gods will.
II. With regard to the present dispensationthat of Christianitythe process may be said to be reversed. We have the love first and the severity afterwards; or, as perhaps I ought to put it, we have the evidence that the Divine naturewhich is full of compassion and tender mercy, which continually invites, persuades, even beseeches, the sinner to approach it in confidence and trusthas yet in it a capability of righteous indignation, in fact of wrath, most formidable to those who persist in refusing compliance with its claims and acceptance of its invitations.
III. There is something in the nature of man himself which corresponds with this twofold aspect of the character of God, and enables us to understand it. I will suppose you to have heard of some frightful crime. Now what is your feeling? It is one of fierce, fiery indignation, which demands the immediate and condign punishment of the offender. There is that in you which will not be quietedwhich will not be satisfieduntil the criminal has met with his deserts.
Rev. Prebendary Gordon Calthrop.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, {11} Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
(11) These are words of those who despair of escape: of the cause of this despair there are two arguments, the presence of God and the Lamb provoked to wrath against the world, in this verse: and the awareness of their own weakness, feeling that they are not able to survive the day of the wrath of God Rev 6:17 as it is said in Isa 14:27 .