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

3All the nations fell because of the wine of her sexual sins. The kings of the earth had sex with her. Her luxurious wealth has made the merchants of the earth rich.” 4I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you do not participate in her sins and suffer from any of her plagues. Her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6Do to her what she has done. Give her twice as much as she gave. Serve her a drink in her own cup twice as large as the drink she served others. 7She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, ‘I’m a queen on a throne, not a widow. I’ll never be miserable.’

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 18:20The Lord also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious.
• 2 Chronicles 28:9A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went to meet the army coming home to Samaria. He said to them, “The Lord God of your ancestors handed Judah over to you in his anger. You killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
• Ezra 9:6and said, “I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.
• Jeremiah 51:9We wanted to heal Babylon, but it couldn’t be healed. Let’s abandon it and go to our own land. God has judged Babylon. Its judgment is complete.
• Jonah 1:2“Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done.”
• Revelation 16:19The important city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered to give Babylon the Great the cup of wine from his fierce anger.

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

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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