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Revelation 18:6
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 18:6. _REWARD HER EVEN AS SHE REWARDED YOU_] These words are a prophetic declaration of what shall take place: God will deal with her as she dealt with others....
REWARD HER EVEN AS SHE REWARDED YOU - It is not said to whom this command is addressed, but it would seem to be to those who had been persecuted and wronged. Applied to mystical Babylon - papal Rome -...
CHAPTER 18 Revelation 18:1 . Babylon is now seen under another aspect. In the former chapter we have the religious center of Rome and her wicked idolatries, in the present chapter it includes also th...
REVELATION 18:1. ANOTHER ANGEL: we have no means of identifying this angel of doom. Revelation 18:2. habitation. bird: _ cf_. Isaiah 13:21 f;...
THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
Repay her in the coin with which she paid others; and repay her double for her deeds. Mix her a double draught in the cup in which she mixed her draughts. In proportion to her boasting and her wantonn...
REWARD. Render. Compare Mark 12:17 and Jeremiah 51:24. REWARDED. rendered. Same word. YOU. Omit, and supply "others". DOUBLE. This word is put for full compensation. Figure of speech _Metonymy._ Ap...
_rewarded you_ "You" should be omitted: a better translation would be, RENDER TO HER AS SHE HERSELF RENDERED. The thought is founded on Psalms 137:8; Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 50:29, and the expression...
ἈΠΌΔΟΤΕ. Cyp[648] Primas[649] have _reddidit_. [648] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. [649] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 6. ἈΠΌΔΟΤΕ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Ι ὩΣ ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῊ�. “Render to her as she herself rende...
HER PRIDE AND SUDDEN FALL...
_AN ANGEL PROCLAIMING THE FALL OF BABYLON REVELATION 18:1-8:_ The appearance of the angel shows that something great is about to happen. This angel possesses great authority, radiance and splendor. Hi...
ΆΠΌΔΟΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591) отплачивать, ΔΙΠΛΏΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΔΙΠΛΌΩ (G1363) удваивать, вдвое увеличивать. ΔΙΠΛΆ _асс. pl. от_ ΔΙΠΛΟΎΣ (G1362) двойной (BAGD). ΚΑΤΆ ΤΆ...
I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL, &C.— After the account of the state and condition of spiritual Babylon, here follows a description of her fall and destruction, in the same sublime and figurative style as Isaiah,...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 59 Text Revelation 18:1-20 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cr...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVIII BABYLON IS FALLEN _Text (Revelation 18:1-24)_ 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was light...
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 -...
18:6 double, (h-12) Some authorities omit 'to her,' in which case we must say 'and double twofold according to her works.'...
THE FALL OF BABYLON In the last c., the fall of Rome, and the manner of its fall, were prophetically announced. In this c., the greatness of the tragedy is shown by songs of thanksgiving and of lamen...
REWARD HER] RV 'Render unto her': a command to the ministers of God's wrath. REWARDED YOU] RV 'rendered': cp. Psalms 137:8. DOUBLE] i.e. very great sin calls forth very great punishment: cp. Jeremiah...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 18 THE FUNERAL OF BABYLON - REVELATION 18:1-24 V1 Then I saw another *angel come down from heaven. This *angel had great power. The...
REWARD HER EVEN AS SHE REWARDED... — The same voice which bids the people of God come forth, summons the agents of vengeance. Revelation 17:16 tells whence these may arise. Read, _Give back to her, as...
(4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and describes her fall....
CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF BABYLON. Revelation 18:1. BABYLON has fallen. We have now the Divine proclamation of her fate, and the lamentation of the world over the doom to which she has been consigne...
The foes of Rome (unless ἀπόδοτε κ. τ. λ., is a rhetorical apostrophe) are invited to serve her with the retribution promised to the first Babylon (see reff.). διπλώσατε, _cf. Oxyrh. Pap._ iii. 520 6....
A song of exulting in heaven, addressed first to the faithful (Revelation 18:4) and then (Revelation 18:6) to the enemies who execute God's vengeance....
“HER SINS HAVE REACHED UNTO HEAVEN” Revelation 18:1 We have seen that the scarlet woman represents the false religion of human wit and fashion. It is found in every age. There is not a city, town, or...
The vision of the destruction of Babylon as directly resulting from the government of God is now given. It is announced, "Fallen is Babylon." Her condition is described as that of a habitation of demo...
To whome is the voice directing these remards? Perhaps the kings of Revelation 17:16-17. In any case, it will be God doing the rewarding, even if it is through the agency of some other. Since Babylon...
(7) 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. (7) The provocation of the godly, and the commandment o...
(4) 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. (5) For her sins have reached unto heaven,...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
Babylon Has Fallen Psalms 13:2...How long will my enemy be exalted over me? (NKJV) Psalms 35:17 Lord, how long will You look on?... (NKJV) Psalms 74:10 O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Wil...
Chapter 18 announces the judgment. The one difficulty here is Verse 4 (Revelation 18:4), coming where it is; but, as every difficulty in scripture, it leads into further light. The destruction of Baby...
REWARD HER EVEN AS SHE REWARDED YOU,.... This is spoken to the people of God, who are before called out of Babylon; and the chief of them are the seven angels with the seven last plagues of the wrath...
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. Ver. 6. _Double unto her double_] This is spoken to the go...
_And I heard another voice from heaven_ Probably the voice of Christ, graciously warning his people of their danger of being infected by the prevailing corruptions of the mystical Babylon, and, in con...
REWARD HER-AS SHE REWARDED YOU-FILL TO HER DOUBLE; Psalms 137:8; JEREMIAH 50:15; Jeremiah 50:29. Compare with these verses Isaiah 47
GOD'S JUDGMENT OF GREAT BABYLON In Revelation 17:1 we have seen that the destruction of Great Babylon is by the hand of the Beast and his ten horns. Now, in Revelation 18:1, the judgment is seen to be...
_ 6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her._ A. The great harlot will be rewarded as she rewarded t...
1-8 The downfal and destruction of the mystical Babylon are determined in the counsels of God. Another angel comes from heaven. This seems to be Christ himself, coming to destroy his enemies, and to...
This verse soundeth in mine ears, as if God had reserved he ruin of the papacy to be effected by some protestant hands, some of those whom they had persecuted; if not some of their persons, yet some o...
Revelation 18:6 to G591 (G5628) her G846 just G2532 as G5613 she G846 (G5625) G3778 to...
‘Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works. In the cup which she mingled, mingle to her double. To the same extent as she glorified herself, and bathe...
THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON THE GREAT (CHAPTER 18). The Fall of Babylon the Great (Revelation 18:1). We now have in more detail an explanation of the mystery of the prostitute. The connections between...
Revelation 18:6. RENDER UNTO HER EVEN AS SHE RENDERED, AND DOUBLE UNTO HER DOUBLE ACCORDING TO HER WORKS: IN THE CUP WHICH SHE FILLED FILL TO HER DOUBLE. The same voice is continued, but is now addres...
RENDER AS SHE RENDERED (αποδοτε ως απεδωκεν). Second aorist (effective) active imperative and first aorist (effective) active of αποδιδωμ, old and common verb for requital, to give back, the _lex ta...
CONTENTS: Last form of apostate Christendom and the warning to God's people. The human and the angelic views of Babylon. CONCLUSION: As there is to be an ecclesiastical Babylon («confusion») heading u...
Revelation 18:1. _Another angel came down from heaven and the earth was lightened with his glory._ This was an angel of the highest order, _having great power._ It may be the Lord himself, the mission...
PAY HER BACK TWICE AS MUCH. She deserves what she will receive!...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:1 Several speakers explain how the beast and the kings desert the prostitute. ⇐...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:6 God is just. He will PAY (Babylon) BACK AS SHE HERSELF HAS PAID BACK (see Exodus 21:23). The...
Another voice from heaven bids the people of God to come out of her, for her sins have reached unto heaven. God's people must ever be a separate people, not conformed to the world, but transformed. Th...
FOR the reasons given at the foot of page 553, no suggestions for exegetical or homiletical treatment are given in connection with chap. 18...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 18:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _after _[omitting "and"]… _coming down, _etc. The usual form of introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelat...
CHAPTER 18 - BABYLON THE GREAT EXPLAINED The focus of the previous chapter was about the judgment of the harlot religious system that rode the Beast. The main focus of this chapter will be about the j...
_6 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._ The administration of Satan on the earth killed the sa...
Now after these things I saw another angel (Revelation 18:1) It may be one of the seven. It doesn't really declare or it could be outside of the seven. It is just another angel as far as we know. com...
2 Timothy 4:14; Exodus 21:23; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 16:
Double [δ ι π λ ω σ α τ ε]. Only here in the New Testament. Compare Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 16:18; Zechariah 9:19. The Levitical law insisted on the double recompense. See...
MYSTIC AND COMMERCIAL BABYLON Revelation 17:1 _and Revelation 18:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth presents commer...
Reward her — This God speaks to the executioners of his vengeance. Even as she hath rewarded — Others; in particular, the saints of God. And give her double — This, according to the Hebrew idiom, impl...