8:7 The 5 first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that 6 a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
1 tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
2 tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
3 tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
4 tn Or “her sins.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” because what follows has the logical force of a result clause.