New American Standard Bible 1995
Revelation 18:2-8
2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “12Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She 3has become a dwelling place of demons and a 4prison of every 5unclean spirit, and a 6prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3For all the nations 7have drunk of the 8wine of the 9passion of her immorality, and 10the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the 11merchants of the earth have become rich by the 12wealth of her 1314sensuality.”
4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “15Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5for her sins have 1617piled up as high as heaven, and God has 18remembered her iniquities. 619Pay her back even as she has paid, and 20give back to her double according to her deeds; in the 21cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 722To the degree that she glorified herself and 23lived 24sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘25I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8For this reason 26in one day her plagues will come, 27pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be 28burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her 29is strong.
Notes
- 1. Revelation 18:2 Lit Babylon...fell, fell ↩
- 2. Revelation 18:2 Is 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8 ↩
- 3. Revelation 18:2 Is 13:21f; 34:11, 13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14f ↩
- 4. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt ↩
- 5. Revelation 18:2 Rev 16:13 ↩
- 6. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt ↩
- 7. Revelation 18:3 Two early ancient mss read have fallen by ↩
- 8. Revelation 18:3 Jer 51:7; Rev 14:8 ↩
- 9. Revelation 18:3 Lit wrath ↩
- 10. Revelation 18:3 Rev 17:2; 18:9 ↩
- 11. Revelation 18:3 Ezek 27:9-25; Rev 18:11, 15, 19, 23 ↩
- 12. Revelation 18:3 Lit power ↩
- 13. Revelation 18:3 Or luxury ↩
- 14. Revelation 18:3 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:7, 9 ↩
- 15. Revelation 18:4 Is 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6, 9, 45; 2 Cor 6:17 ↩
- 16. Revelation 18:5 Lit joined together ↩
- 17. Revelation 18:5 Jer 51:9 ↩
- 18. Revelation 18:5 Rev 16:19 ↩
- 19. Revelation 18:6 Ps 137:8; Jer 50:15, 29 ↩
- 20. Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her ↩
- 21. Revelation 18:6 Rev 17:4 ↩
- 22. Revelation 18:7 Ezek 28:2-8 ↩
- 23. Revelation 18:7 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:3, 9 ↩
- 24. Revelation 18:7 Or luxuriously ↩
- 25. Revelation 18:7 Is 47:7f; Zeph 2:15 ↩
- 26. Revelation 18:8 Is 47:9; Jer 50:31f; Rev 18:10 ↩
- 27. Revelation 18:8 Lit death ↩
- 28. Revelation 18:8 Rev 17:16 ↩
- 29. 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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