Qǐshìlù 18:19

19 Tāmen yòu bǎ chéntǔ sǎ zaì tóu shàng , kūqì bēiāi , hǎn zhe shuō , āi zāi , āi zāi , zhè dà chéng a . fán yǒu chuán zaì hǎi zhōng de , dōu yīn tāde zhēn bǎo chéng le fùzú . tā zaì yī shí zhī jiàn jiù biàn chéng le huāng chǎng .

Qǐshìlù 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 18:19

And they cast dust on their heads
As the seafaring men on account of Tyre, ( Ezekiel 27:30 ) this was a gesture used in mourning when persons were in afflicted and distressed circumstances, denoting disorder, confusion, and debasement; see ( Joshua 7:6 ) ( Job 2:12 )

and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, alas, alas! that great city;
as in ( Revelation 18:10 Revelation 18:16 ) so it was once, though now in flames:

wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea;
not only the merchants of the earth, as in ( Revelation 18:3 ) the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, but the governors of religious houses; these accumulated great wealth to themselves, and got the best of lands into their possession for the use and support of their abbeys and monasteries:

by reason of her costliness;
or costly things; pardons, indulgences, absolution, saying Mass, and praying souls out of purgatory, all which are costly, and hereby these traders have been enriched; and now the remembrance of these things, of which they will be deprived, will affect and grieve them, as well as the suddenness of Rome's ruin:

for in one hour is she made desolate;
her judgment come, and her riches come to nought, ( Revelation 18:10 Revelation 18:17 ) .

Qǐshìlù 18:19 In-Context

17 Yī shí zhī jiàn , zhème dà de fù hòu jiù guīyú wú yǒu le . fán chuán zhǔ , hé zuò chuán wǎng gè chù qù de , bìng zhòng shuǐ shǒu , lián suǒ yǒu kào hǎi wéi yè de , dōu yuǎn yuǎn de zhàn zhe ,

18 Kànjian shāo tāde yān , jiù hǎn zhe shuō , yǒu hé chéng néng bǐ zhè dà chéng ne .

19 Tāmen yòu bǎ chéntǔ sǎ zaì tóu shàng , kūqì bēiāi , hǎn zhe shuō , āi zāi , āi zāi , zhè dà chéng a . fán yǒu chuán zaì hǎi zhōng de , dōu yīn tāde zhēn bǎo chéng le fùzú . tā zaì yī shí zhī jiàn jiù biàn chéng le huāng chǎng .

20 Tiān nǎ , zhòng shèngtú zhòng shǐtú zhòng xiānzhī a , nǐmen dōu yào yīn tā huānxǐ . yīnwei shén yǐjing zaì tā shēnshang shēn le nǐmen de yuān .

21 Yǒu yī wèi dàlì de tiānshǐ jǔqǐ yī kuaì shítou , hǎoxiàng dà mòshí , rēng zaì hǎi lǐ , shuō , Bābǐlún dà chéng , yĕ bì zhèyàng mĕng lì de beì rēng xià qù , bùnéng zaìjiàn le .