Revelation 18:16-24

16 and cry out: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’ “Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off.
18 When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city?’
19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’
20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”

The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”

Cross References 25

  • 1. ver 10,19
  • 2. Revelation 17:4
  • 3. ver 10; Revelation 17:12
  • 4. Revelation 17:16
  • 5. Ezekiel 27:28-30
  • 6. ver 10,15
  • 7. ver 9; Revelation 19:3
  • 8. S Revelation 17:18
  • 9. Ezekiel 27:32; Revelation 13:4
  • 10. Joshua 7:6; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30
  • 11. ver 11,15; Ezekiel 27:31
  • 12. ver 10,16; Revelation 17:18
  • 13. Revelation 17:16
  • 14. Jeremiah 51:48; S Revelation 12:12
  • 15. Revelation 19:2
  • 16. Revelation 5:2; Revelation 10:1
  • 17. Jeremiah 51:63
  • 18. S Revelation 17:18
  • 19. Isaiah 24:8; Ezekiel 26:13
  • 20. Jeremiah 25:10
  • 21. Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10
  • 22. ver 3; Isaiah 23:8
  • 23. Nahum 3:4
  • 24. Revelation 16:6; Revelation 17:6
  • 25. Jeremiah 51:49; Matthew 23:35
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