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Rev_19:17-18. An angel standing in the sun summons all fowls to eat the bodies of kings, and of all the inhabitants of the earth, who are to be slain by the Lord.[4123] ἝΝΑ ἌΓΓ . Cf. Rev_8:13, Rev_18:21.
ἘΝ Τῷ ἩΛΙῷ , “in the sun,” because from this standpoint, and at the same time with the glory suitable to an angel, he can best call to the fowls flying ἘΝ ΜΕΣΟΥΡΑΝΉΜΑΤΙ .[4124]
Δεῦτε συνάχθητε , κ . τ . λ . Cf. Eze_39:17 sqq. The punishment is, as it corresponds to the idea of the final judgment, one that is absolutely relentless; since on the slaying, the consumption of the corpses by all the fowls under the heaven follows.
ΣΆΡΚΑς ΒΑΣΙΛΈΩΝ , Κ . Τ . Λ . The exhaustive specification[4125] expressly declares, what is self-evident also from the connection, that the slain ΛΟΙΠΟΊ (Rev_19:21) are the entire mass of inhabitants of the earth.[4126]
[4123] Cf. Rev_19:21.
[4124] Ew. i., De Wette, Hengstenb., Ebrard, Volkm. Incorrectly, Ew. ii., p. 334: “by the sun.”
[4125] Cf. Rev_6:15.
[4126] Cf. Rev_13:4; Rev_13:8; Rev_13:14; Rev_13:16.