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Revelation 18:21
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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.  
22 aThe sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.  
23 aThe light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, band the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For cyour merchants were the great men of the earth, dfor by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.  
24 And ain her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who bwere slain on the earth.” 
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Revelation 18:21

A strong angel (eiv aggelov isxurov). Here eiv = a, just an indefinite article, not "one" as a numeral.

Took up (hren). First aorist active indicative of airw.

As it were a great millstone (wv mulinon megan). Late adjective, in inscriptions, here only in N.T., made of millstone (mulov, Matthew 18:6; Revelation 18:22), while mulikov (Luke 17:2) means belonging to a mill. This is not a small millstone turned by women (Matthew 24:41), but one requiring an ass to turn it (Mark 9:42), and so "a great" one.

Cast (ebalen). Second aorist active of ballw, to hurl.

With a mighty fall (ormhmati). Instrumental case (manner) of ormhma, a rush, old word from ormaw, to rush (Matthew 8:32), here only in N.T.

Shall be cast down (bleqhsetai). Future (first) passive of ballw, the same verb (ebalen), effective punctiliar future. Like a boulder hurled into the sea.

Shall be found no more at all (ou mh eureqh eti). Double negative with first aorist passive subjunctive of euriskw. See Revelation 9:6 for ou mh with the active voice of euriskw. Already the old Babylon was a desert waste (Strabo, XVI. 1073).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 18:21:

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Revelation 10:1
Revelation 11:8
Revelation 14:8
Revelation 18:22
Revelation 18:23
Revelation 19:3
Revelation 19:17

 

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