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4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, a“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.  
5 aFor her sins have reached to heaven, and bGod has remembered her iniquities.  
6 aRender to her just as she rendered1 to you, and repay her double according to her works; bin the cup which she has mixed, cmix double for her.  
7 aIn the measure that she glorified herself and lived1 luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as bqueen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’  
8 Therefore her plagues will come ain one day—death and mourning and famine. And bshe will be utterly burned with fire, cfor strong is the Lord God who1 judges her.  

The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall

9 a“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her bwill weep and lament for her, cwhen they see the smoke of her burning,  
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Revelation 18:6

Render as she rendered (apodote wv apedwken). Second aorist (effective) active imperative and first aorist (effective) active of apodidwmi, old and common verb for requital, to give back, the lex talionis which is in the O.T. (Jeremiah 50:15, Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:56; Psalms 137:8), and in the N.T. also (Matthew 7:2). Here the reference is to persecutions by Rome, particularly the martyrdom of the saints (Revelation 18:24; Revelation 19:2).

Double the double (diplwsate ta dipla). First aorist imperative of diplow, old verb (from diploov, double, Matthew 23:15), here only in N.T. Dipla is simply the neuter plural accusative (cognate) contract form for diploa (not diplw). Requite here in double measure, a full requital (Exodus 22:4, Exodus 22:7, Exodus 22:9; Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 17:18; Zechariah 9:12). The double recompense was according to the Levitical law.

Which she mingled (w ekerasen). First aorist active indicative of kerannumi. The relative w is attracted to the locative case of its antecedent pothriw (cup), for which see Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:10; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:3.

Mingle unto her double (kerasate auth diploun). First aorist active imperative of the same verb kerannumi, with the same idea of double punishment.


 
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