Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Revelation 18:14
Direct address to Babylon.
the fruits that thy soul lusted after—Greek, "thy autumn-ripe fruits of the lust (eager desire) of the soul."
dainty—Greek, "fat": "sumptuous" in food.
goodly—"splendid," "bright," in dress and equipage.
departed—supported by none of our manuscripts. But A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, "perished."
thou shalt—A, C, Vulgate, and Syriac read, "They (men) shall no more find them at all."
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