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

3because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury. 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues: for her sins have been heaped on one another up to the heaven, and God has remembered her unrighteousnesses. 6Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double [to her] double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double. 7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see 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

• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• oneὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• rememberedμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421

Cross-references for Revelation 18:5

• Genesis 18:20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,
• 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he gave them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
• Ezra 9:6and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
• Jeremiah 51:9We have treated Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto the heavens, and is lifted up to the skies.
• Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
• Revelation 16:19And the great city was [divided] into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his 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

Topics related to Revelation 18:5

• Wicked (People)

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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