Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Standing afar off (apo makroqen esthkotev). Perfect active (intransitive) participle of isthmi. Vivid picture of the terrible scene, fascinated by the lurid blaze (cf. Nero's delight in the burning of Rome in AD 64), and yet afraid to draw near. On apo makroqen see Mark 5:6. There is a weird charm in a burning city. They feared the same fate (cf. verse Revelation 18:7 for basanismou, torment).
Woe, woe, the great city (ouai, ouai, h poliv h megalh). Only example in the Apocalypse of the nominative with ouai except verses Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19, though in Luke 6:25 and common in LXX (Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:11, etc.). For the dative see Revelation 8:13, once so "strong" (h isxura)!
In one hour (miai wrai). Repeated in verses Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19, and like miai hmerai (in one day) in verse Revelation 18:8. Some MSS. have here mian wran, like poian wran (accusative of extent of time) in Revelation 3:3. See verse Revelation 18:8 (o krinav) for h krisiv sou (thy judgment). This is the dirge of the kings.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 18:10:
Revelation 8:13
Revelation 9:5
Revelation 11:8
Revelation 12:12
Revelation 14:8
Revelation 17:12
Revelation 18:8
Revelation 18:15
Revelation 18:16
Revelation 18:17
Revelation 18:18
Revelation 18:19
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