Revelation 18:5

Revelation 18:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
• New International Version (NIV)for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Context of Revelation 18:5

3For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her [sexual] immorality, and the kings and political leaders of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth and economic power of her sensuous luxury.” 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not be a partner in her sins and receive her plagues; for her sins (crimes, transgressions) have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness and crimes [for judgment]. 6Repay to her even as she has repaid others, and pay back [to her] double [her torment] in accordance with what she has done; in the cup [of sin and suffering] which she mixed, mix a double portion [of perfect justice] for her. 7To the degree that she glorified herself and reveled and gloated in her sensuality [living deliciously and luxuriously], to that same degree impose on her torment and anguish, and mourning and grief; for in her heart she boasts, ‘I sit as a queen [on a throne] and I am not a widow, and will never, ever see mourning or experience grief.’

Revelation 18:5 word by word

ὅτι ἐκολλήθησαν αὐτῆς αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐμνημόνευσεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ ἀδικήματα αὐτῆς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• have reachedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190
• untoἄχριachri achris · untilG891
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath rememberedμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• iniquitiesἀδίκημαadikēma · crimeG92

Cross-references for Revelation 18:5

• Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
• 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that was returning to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He handed them over to you; but you have killed them in a rage that has reached as far as heaven.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
• Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Babylon, but she was not to be healed. Abandon her and let each [captive] return to his own country, For her guilt and judgment have reached to heaven And are lifted up to the very skies.
• Jonah 1:2“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”
• Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind Babylon the great, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce and furious wrath.

Commentaries on Revelation 18:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Her sins have reached unto heaven - They are become so great and enormous that the long-suffering of God must give place to his justice.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For her sins have reached unto heaven - So in Jeremiah 51:9, speaking of Babylon, it is said, “For her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.” The meaning is not that the sins of this mystical Babylon were like a mass or pile so high as to reach to heaven, but that it had become so prominent as to attract the attention of God. Compare Genesis 4:10, “The voice of thy brother‘s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” See also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God has remembered: His response may seem slow (Psalm 103:8; 145:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2), but God is not weak. He does not forget good or evil (Revelation 16:19; Genesis 19:29; 1 Samuel 1:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. her sins--as a great heap. reached--Greek, "reached so far as to come into close contact with, and to cleave unto."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Revelation 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings