Revelation 18:18

Revelation 18:18

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

18 ^aand cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ^b‘What is like this great city?’

19 ^a“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! ^bFor in one hour she is made desolate.’

20 ^a“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you¹ holy apostles and prophets, for ^bGod has avenged you on her!”

Finality of Babylon’s Fall

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, ^a“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and ^bshall not be found anymore.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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when they saw—Greek, "horontes." But A, B, C, and ANDREAS read, Greek, "blepontes," "looking at." Greek, "blepo," is to use the eyes, to look: the act of seeing without thought of the object seen. Greek, "horao," refers to the thing seen or presented to the eyes [TITTMANN].

smoke—so B, C. But A reads "place."

What city is like—Compare the similar beast as to the beast, Revelation 13:4 : so closely do the harlot and beast approximate one another. Contrast the attribution of this praise to God, to whom alone it is due, by His servants (Exodus 15:11). MARTIAL says of Rome, "Nothing is equal to her;" and ATHENÆUS, "She is the epitome of the world."

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