New American Standard Bible 1995
Revelation 18:1-8
1After these things I saw another 1angel 2coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was 3illumined with his glory. 2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “45Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She 6has become a dwelling place of demons and a 7prison of every 8unclean spirit, and a 9prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3For all the nations 10have drunk of the 11wine of the 12passion of her immorality, and 13the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the 14merchants of the earth have become rich by the 15wealth of her 1617sensuality.”
4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “18Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5for her sins have 1920piled up as high as heaven, and God has 21remembered her iniquities. 622Pay her back even as she has paid, and 23give back to her double according to her deeds; in the 24cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 725To the degree that she glorified herself and 26lived 27sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘28I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8For this reason 29in one day her plagues will come, 30pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be 31burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her 32is strong.
Notes
- 1. Revelation 18:1 Rev 17:1, 7 ↩
- 2. Revelation 18:1 Rev 10:1 ↩
- 3. Revelation 18:1 Ezek 43:2 ↩
- 4. Revelation 18:2 Lit Babylon...fell, fell ↩
- 5. Revelation 18:2 Is 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8 ↩
- 6. Revelation 18:2 Is 13:21f; 34:11, 13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14f ↩
- 7. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt ↩
- 8. Revelation 18:2 Rev 16:13 ↩
- 9. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt ↩
- 10. Revelation 18:3 Two early ancient mss read have fallen by ↩
- 11. Revelation 18:3 Jer 51:7; Rev 14:8 ↩
- 12. Revelation 18:3 Lit wrath ↩
- 13. Revelation 18:3 Rev 17:2; 18:9 ↩
- 14. Revelation 18:3 Ezek 27:9-25; Rev 18:11, 15, 19, 23 ↩
- 15. Revelation 18:3 Lit power ↩
- 16. Revelation 18:3 Or luxury ↩
- 17. Revelation 18:3 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:7, 9 ↩
- 18. Revelation 18:4 Is 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6, 9, 45; 2 Cor 6:17 ↩
- 19. Revelation 18:5 Lit joined together ↩
- 20. Revelation 18:5 Jer 51:9 ↩
- 21. Revelation 18:5 Rev 16:19 ↩
- 22. Revelation 18:6 Ps 137:8; Jer 50:15, 29 ↩
- 23. Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her ↩
- 24. Revelation 18:6 Rev 17:4 ↩
- 25. Revelation 18:7 Ezek 28:2-8 ↩
- 26. Revelation 18:7 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:3, 9 ↩
- 27. Revelation 18:7 Or luxuriously ↩
- 28. Revelation 18:7 Is 47:7f; Zeph 2:15 ↩
- 29. Revelation 18:8 Is 47:9; Jer 50:31f; Rev 18:10 ↩
- 30. Revelation 18:8 Lit death ↩
- 31. Revelation 18:8 Rev 17:16 ↩
- 32. Revelation 18:8 Jer 50:34; Rev 11:17f ↩
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
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