Revelation 19:3

Heaven Exults over Babylon

1 After these things ^aI heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! ^bSalvation and glory and honor and power belong to² the Lord our God!

2 For ^atrue and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He ^bhas avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”

3 Again they said, “Alleluia! ^aHer smoke rises up forever and ever!”

4 And ^athe twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, ^b“Amen! Alleluia!”

5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, ^a“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, ^bboth small and great!”

6 ^aAnd I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For ^bthe Lord God Omnipotent reigns!

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Revelation 19:3

And again they said, Alleluia - See the notes on Revelation 19:1. The event was so glorious and so important; the final destruction of the great enemy of the church was of so much moment in its bearing on the welfare of the world, as to call forth repeated expressions of praise.

And her smoke rose up forever and ever - See the notes on Revelation 14:11. This is an image of final ruin; the image being derived probably from the description in Genesis of the smoke that ascended from the cities of the plain, Genesis 19:28. On the joy expressed here in her destruction, compare the notes on Revelation 18:20.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Revelation 19:3:**

Psalms 21:13
Psalms 50:4
Psalms 82:8
Isaiah 34:10
Revelation 19:1

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