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Went and poured out (apēlthen kai execheen). Second aorist active indicative of aperchomai (redundant use like hupagete with ekcheete, “go and pour out,” in Rev 16:1) and of ekcheō. Each angel “went off” to perform his task. For execheen see it repeated in Rev 16:3, Rev 16:4, Rev 16:8, Rev 16:10, Rev 16:12, Rev 16:17.
Into the earth (eis tēn gēn). This same use of eis after execheen in Rev 16:3, Rev 16:4.
It became (egeneto). “There came” (second aorist middle indicative of ginomai).
A noisome and grievous sore (helkos kakon kai ponēron). “Bad and malignant sore.” Helkos is old word for a suppurated wound (Latin ulcus), here, Rev 16:11; Luk 16:21. See the sixth Egyptian plague (Exo 9:10; Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35) and Job 2:7. The magicians were attacked in Egypt and the worshippers of Caesar here (Rev 13:17; Rev 14:9, Rev 14:11; Rev 19:20).