And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! (Revelation 8:13)
See on ch. 4:1. This temporary break in the sequence of the trumpets calls special attention to the last three, which are specially designated as “woes.”
That is, at the zenith, so that all may hear his message.
Woe, woe, woe.
The woe is repeated three times because of the three judgments yet to come at the blowing of the three remaining trumpets. Each of these is designated a “woe” (see chs. 9:12; 11:14).