“And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.”
So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind — the four angels, released at a divinely appointed moment (prepared in advance with precision: hora, hēmera, mēn, eniautos), will execute their commission to kill a third of humanity. The redundancy of time-units (hour, day, month, year) emphasizes divine timing and control.
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