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John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 14:11
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever, etc.] That is, the smoke of that fire which torments them will for ever arise; or, in other words, there will be no end of their torment; hence their misery is called everlasting fire, everlasting punishment, and everlasting destruction, (<402541>Matthew 25:41,46 <530109>2 Thessalonians 1:9) and smoke being very troublesome and distressing, is mentioned to set forth the very uncomfortable state of the wicked; and so it is used by Jewish writers: hence we read of µnhg ˆnt, “the smoke of hell” f354, with which the eyes of the wicked will be filled in the world to come: and they have no rest, day nor night; the fire of divine wrath which tortures them is never quenched, and the worm of conscience which gnaws them never dies: this is directly contrary to a notion of the Jews, that the wicked in hell have rest sometimes; they talk of angels blowing away the smoke from them, so that they have rest an hour and a half; and which they say they have three times a day, and whenever Israel says Amen, let his great name be blessed f355; and particularly that hell fire never burns on the sabbath day, nor does the smoke of it ascend then, and that the wicked have always rest on that days f356; though sometimes they contradict themselves, and say they never have any rest f357, which is the truth: who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name; that is, whoever are the followers of antichrist, or the professors of the Popish religion; so far is salvation from being in the church of Rome, and only there, that there is none in it; and whoever live and die in the profession of Popery, shall surely be damned as this passage is true.
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