Berean Standard Bible

Revelation 18:1-8

1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. 2And he cried out in a mighty voice:

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!1She has become a lair for demonsand a haunt for every unclean spirit,every unclean bird,and every detestable beast.23All the nations have drunk3 the wineof the passion of her immorality.The kings of the earth were immoral with her,and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthyfrom the extravagance of her luxury.”

4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“Come out of her, My people,4so that you will not share in her sinsor contract any of her plagues.5For her sins are piled up to heaven,and God has remembered her iniquities.6Give back to her as she has done to others;pay her back double for what she has done;mix her a double portion in her own cup.7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury,give her the same measure of torment and grief.In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen;I am not a widow and will never see grief.’8Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire,for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

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Notes

1. Revelation 18:2 See Isaiah 21:9 and Revelation 14:8. ↩
2. Revelation 18:2 NE, WH, BYZ, and TR a haunt for every unclean spirit and every unclean and detestable bird. ↩
3. Revelation 18:3 SBL and WH have fallen by ↩
4. Revelation 18:4 See Jeremiah 51:45. ↩

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Commentaries on Revelation 18