Apocalisse 18:11

11 I mercanti della terra piangeranno e faranno cordoglio per lei, perché nessuno compera più le loro mercanzie:

Apocalisse 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 18:11

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over
over her Who these are, (See Gill on Revelation 18:3) and, what their lamentation, ( Revelation 18:16 ) the reason of their weeping and mourning follows: for no man buyeth their merchandise any more; what their merchandise is, is expressed in the two next verses; and this shows that it is not to be understood merely in a literal sense; for such commodities in general as are there mentioned, if they do not sell at one place, they will at another; and the decline of trade in one city does not put a stop to business all the world over; and often so it is, that the ruin of commerce in one place is the rise of it in another; and all the things hereafter spoken of, excepting the last article, are what will be merchandised in one place or another to the end of the world; unless the sense should be, that no man at Rome, and the parts adjacent, will buy of this merchandise any more; but though they should not, this could not be cause of such lamentation as is afterwards expressed, since their goods might be sold elsewhere; but it looks as if this must be understood of such kind of wares as will be disused and despised all the world over, and they will meet with no customers any where to deal with them in them.

Apocalisse 18:11 In-Context

9 E i re della terra che fornicavano e lussureggiavan con lei la piangeranno e faran cordoglio per lei quando vedranno il fumo del suo incendio;
10 e standosene da lungi per tema del suo tormento diranno: Ahi! ahi! Babilonia, la gran città, la potente città! il tuo giudicio è venuto in un momento!
11 I mercanti della terra piangeranno e faranno cordoglio per lei, perché nessuno compera più le loro mercanzie:
12 mercanzie d’oro, d’argento, di pietre preziose, di perle, di lino fino, di porpora, di seta, di scarlatto; e ogni sorta di legno odoroso, e ogni sorta d’oggetti d’avorio e ogni sorta d’oggetti di legno preziosissimo e di rame, di ferro e di marmo,
13 e la cannella e le essenze, e i profumi, e gli unguenti, e l’incenso, e il vino, e l’olio, e il fior di farina, e il grano, e i buoi, e le pecore, e i cavalli, e i carri, e i corpi e le anime d’uomini.
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