One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Okay, so that first disaster? It's over. But heads up, there are two more coming after this.
When you think it can't get worse, sometimes it does, but everything has an end.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Revelation, written by the Apostle John around 95 AD during the intense persecution of early Christians under the Roman Empire, this verse is part of a series of apocalyptic visions describing God's judgments on the world. The "woes" symbolize severe divine punishments, with the first one referring to a plague of locust-like creatures that torment humanity as a wake-up call to repentance. This imagery was meant to encourage believers facing real-life oppression by assuring them that God's justice would ultimately prevail.
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