Revelation 18:7

7 "1To the degree that she glorified herself and 2lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, '3I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.'

Revelation 18:7 In-Context

5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6 "Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.
7 "To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.'
8 "For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.
9 "And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

Cross References 3

  • 1. Ezekiel 28:2-8
  • 2. 1 Timothy 5:11; Revelation 18:3, 9
  • 3. Isaiah 47:7; Zephaniah 2:15

Footnotes 1

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