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Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
Chapter 9
Revelation 9
This signifies that angels are sometimes restricted by the Divine command to act in certain places. As Babylon was on the Euphrates, this river is the symbol of the kingdom of Satan.
This is referred to the tails.
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