“Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.”
Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, 'Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates' — the voice commands release of four angels (angelos) bound at the Euphrates, a boundary associated with Babylon and the east (symbolic of paganism and chaos). Their release indicates the restraint upon evil nations is lifted.
Church Fathers on Revelation 9:14
“And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is in the presence of God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels.” That is, the four corners of the earth which hold the four winds. “Which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” By the corners of the earth, or the four winds across the river Euphrates, are meant four nations, because to every nation is sent an angel; as said the law, “He determined them by the number of the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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