And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. AND. So Vulgate, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B, Syriac, Coptic, omit "and." POWER - `authority.' LIGHTENED - `illumined.' WITH - `owing to.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. MIGHTILY ... STRONG. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic, read [ en (G1722)... [ Continue Reading ]
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. DRUNK - Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:10, from which "the wine" may be in... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE. From ; ; . Even in Rome, God has a people; but they are in great danger: their safety is in coming out of her at onc... [ Continue Reading ]
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. HER SINS - as a great heap. REACHED - `so far as to cleave unto' [ ekolleetheesan (G2853), 'Aleph (') A B C, for eekoloutheesan (G190)].... [ Continue Reading ]
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. Addressed to the executioners of God's wrath. REWARD - `repay.' SHE REWARDED. The English Version adds "you;" but 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, Syriac, Cop... [ Continue Reading ]
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. HOW MUCH - i:e., in proportion as. LIVED DELICIOUSLY - luxuriously (note, Revelation 18:3). SORROW, [ penthos... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. DEATH - on herself, formerly (Revelation 18:7) secure even from the death of her husband. MOURNING - instead of her feasting MOUR... [ Continue Reading ]
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, LIVED DELICIOUSLY - luxuriated. The faithless church, instead of reproving, connived at the world's self-indulgent luxury... [ Continue Reading ]
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. God's judgments inspire fear in the worldly, but of short duration; for kings and great men soon join the beast, in its last, worst shape, as open An... [ Continue Reading ]
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: SHALL. So B; but 'Aleph (') A C read, present 'weep and mourn.' MERCHANDISE - `cargo' in ships: ship-lading (cf. ). Rome was not commercial, and is not likely, from her position, to be so... [ Continue Reading ]
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, Note Revelation 17:4. STONES - Gree... [ Continue Reading ]
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. CINNAMON - designed by God for better purposes: an ingredient in the holy anointing oil: a plant in the garden o... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. Direct address to Babylon. THE FRUITS THAT THY SOUL LUSTED AFTER - `thy autumn-ripe fruit of the eager desire of the sou... [ Continue Reading ]
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, OF THESE THINGS - of the things mentioned, Revelation 18:12. WHICH - `who.' MADE RICH BY - `derived riches from her.' STAND AFAR OFF FOR THE FEAR - (cf. .) W... [ Continue Reading ]
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! AND. So Vulgate, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B C omit. DECKED - `gilded.' STONES ... PEARLS - `stone ... pearl.' B, Andreas, read "pearls;' b... [ Continue Reading ]
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, IS COME TO NOUGHT - `is desolated.' SHIPMASTER - `pilot.' ALL THE COMPANY IN SHIPS. 'Aleph (') A C, Vulgate, Syriac, read, 'every o... [ Continue Reading ]
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! WHEN THEY SAW - [ horoutees (G3708); but 'Aleph (') A B C, Andreas, blepontes (G991), 'looking at;' blepoo (G991) is to use the eyes, to look: the act of seeing, without thought of the object seen:... [ Continue Reading ]
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. WAILING - `mourning.' THAT HAD SHIPS. A B 'Aleph (') C read, 'that had... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. HOLY APOSTLES. So C; but 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, Andreas, 'ye saints and ye apostles.' AVENGED YOU ON HER - `judged your judgment on (exacting it from) her.' 'Heaven more rejoices... [ Continue Reading ]
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. A - `one.' MILLSTONE. Compare the judgment on Egypt at the Red Sea (; ; ), and the doom of Babylon, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the voice of harpers and musicians and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the s... [ Continue Reading ]
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. A blessed contrast is , "They need no candle (Ba... [ Continue Reading ]
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. Applied by Christ () to apostate Jerusalem, which proves that not merely literal Rome, and the Romish Church (though the chief representative), but the WHOLE faithless church of both Old and New... [ Continue Reading ]