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Revelation 18:10
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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,  
10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, a‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! bFor in one hour your judgment has come.’  
11 “And athe merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:  
12 amerchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;  
13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and asouls of men.  
14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have1 gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.  
15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, athat great city bthat was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!  
17 aFor in one hour such great riches1 came to nothing.’ bEvery shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance  
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Revelation 18:10

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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