Revelation 9:17

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

Cross-references

Revelation 9:18 states the three plagues from the horses' mouths kill a third of mankind — the direct effect of what is described here.

Revelation 14:10 Related theme

Revelation 14:10 torments beast worshipers with fire and sulfur, echoing the same judgment elements coming from these horses' mouths.

Revelation 19:20 Related theme

Revelation 19:20 throws the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire with sulfur, matching the fire and sulfur from the horses here.

Revelation 16:8 Related theme

Both passages depict divine judgment through fire—here from the horses' mouths, in Revelation 16:8 from the sun—sharing a common plague motif.

Revelation 21:8 Related theme

Revelation 21:8 assigns the lake of fire with sulfur to the wicked, paralleling the fire/sulfur judgment imagery from these horses.

Genesis 19:24 recounts God raining fire and sulfur on Sodom — an OT type of divine judgment prefiguring the same elements here.

Psalm 11:6 Allusion

Psalm 11:6 also uses fire and brimstone as divine judgment, echoing the same imagery of fire and sulfur from the horses' mouths.

Isaiah 30:33 Related theme

Isaiah 30:33 describes a burning place kindled by the Lord's breath like sulfur, paralleling the judgment of fire and brimstone.