And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Another. So Vulgate; but 'Aleph (') A B, Syriac, Andreas, 'another, a second angel.'

Babylon - here first: the harlot, the apostate church: distinct from the beast: judged separately.

Is fallen. Anticipation of . A, Vulgate, Syriac, Andreas, support the second "is fallen;" B C, Coptic, omit.

That great city. A B C, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, omit "city." 'Babylon the great.' The ulterior fulfillment of .

Because. So Andreas; but A C, Vulgate, Syriac, read, 'which;' B, Coptic, omit. 'Which' gives the reason of her fall.

All nations. A B C, 'all the nations.'

The wine of the wrath of her fornication - the wine of God's wrath, the consequence of her fornication. As she made the nations drunk with her fornication, so she herself shall be made drunk with God's wrath.

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