10 Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and make merry. They will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
those who dwell on the earth will rejoice – “those who dwell on the earth” has the same meaning as Rev 13:8, “all those who dwell on the earth will worship (the beast).” The worshipers of the beast rejoice, believing that the Reformation has been stopped.
they will send gifts to one another – those who worship the beast rejoice, such that they even send gifts to one another. Such behaviour was common among the Papists. Pope Alexander VI (1492 – 1503), apparently sent a gift of four mule loads of silver in order to secure his position as Pope in 1492. It is doubtless that the Papists sent gifts to each other to encourage each other in opposing the Protestant reformers.