Amomum — A shrub whose wood is a fine perfume. And beasts — Cows and oxen. And of chariots — a purely Latin word is here inserted in the Greek. This St. John undoubtedly used on purpose, in describing the luxury of Rome. And of bodies — A common term for slaves. And souls of men — For these also are continually bought and sold at Rome. And this of all others is the most gainful merchandise to the Roman traffickers.
Verse Revelation 18:13. _AND CINNAMON_] "By the sinamon is ment all maner of costly spyces, wherewith they bury their byshops and founders, lest they shoulde stinke when they translate them agayne to...
AND CINNAMON - Cinnamon is the aromatic bark of the Laurus Cinnamomam, which grows in Arabia, India, and especially in the island of Ceylon. It was formerly, as it is now, a valuable article in the Or...
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 18:13. CINNAMON: probably not the spice now called by that name but an unguent or cosmetic used as a perfume. CHARIOTS: a fashionable kind of equipage much used in Rome by the wealthy class...
THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
And the merchants of the earth will weep and lament over her, for no one buys their cargo any more, the cargo of gold and of silver and of precious stones and of pearls, of fine linen and of purple an...
BEASTS. cattle. CHARIOTS. Greek. _rheda._ Only here. Gallic word for. four-wheeled coach or vehicle,. sign of luxury. SLAVES. Literally bodies. Greek. _soma_. By Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (App-6)...
_and cinnamon_ Add "and amomum," a precious oriental ointment. The word was accidentally omitted by copyists, from its likeness to the latter part of the preceding one. _and horses_ Lit., OF HORSES,...
ΚΑῚ ΚΙΝΝΆΜΩΜΟΝ, ΚΑῚ ἌΜΩΜΟΝ. אB2 Primas[665] (?) read καὶ κινναμώμου. אCB2 Primas[666] omit καὶ ἄμωμον. [665] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [666] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΘΥΜΙΆΜΑΤΑ. 1 Pr...
12, 13. See crit. notes. The various readings are partly due to deliberate attempts to carry either the accusative or the genitive through; partly perhaps to various very early combinations of two lis...
THE LAMENTATION OVER HER ON EARTH...
_A GREAT LAMENTATION BY KINGS AND MERCHANTS REVELATION 18:9-16:_ The rulers and leaders of the earth that had joined Rome in her worldliness wept and lamented. They wept because they had enjoyed the s...
ΚΙΝΝΆΜΩΜΟΝ (G2792) корица, ΆΜΩΜΟΝ (***) пряность. Это растение из Индии, которое использовалось как благовоние (Pliny, NH, 12:48). ΘΥΜΊΑΜΑ (G2368) ладан, ΜΎΡΟΝ (G3464) смирна, ΛΊΒΑΝΟΣ (G3030) елей...
AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, &C.— In the very solemn manner described in the verses before us, by an angel, and by a voice from heaven, is declared the fall of Rome, and her destruction by fire; and th...
_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...
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...
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 - de...
18:13 amomum, (c-4) A spice-plant....
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...
CINNAMON] RV 'cinnamon, and spice.' ODOURS] RV' incense.' BEASTS] RV' cattle.'...
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...
(4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and describes her fall....
(11-13) AND THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH... — Better, _The merchants of the earth weep and mourn_ (not “shall weep;” the vividness of the description is intensified by the use of the present tense) _ove...
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...
“Cinnamon,” an aromatic spice (the inner bark of the tree) exported from E. Asia and S. China; ἄμωμον, aromatic balsam for the hair, made from the seeds of some Fastern shrub (Verg. _Ecl._ iv. 25, “as...
Revelation 18:9-20 : the wailing on earth, by kings (Revelation 18:9-10), merchants (at length, 11 16), and seafaring men (Revelation 18:17-20), imitated from the finer and more elaborate passag
“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...
The merchants, or wholesalers, also weep over the death of the harlot for a selfish reason, there is no one left to buy. Purpole and scarlet were the colors of royalty and the wealthy. It will be reme...
We see here enumerated the articles of the luxury of the pagan Romans in dress, in ornaments, in furniture, in equipage, in the sumptuousness of their tables, &c. &c. Nothing is more remarkable than t...
(9) 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, (10) Standing afar of...
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...
AND CINNAMON, AND ODOURS, AND OINTMENTS, AND FRANKINCENSE,.... Things for delight and pleasure, for the gratifying of the senses; cinnamon, and odours were used for perfuming, Proverbs 7:17 anointing...
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. Ver. 13. _And c...
_The merchandise_, &c. There is an end of all traffic or commerce with her, whether spiritual or temporal; _of gold and silver_, &c. Almost all the things here named are still in use at Rome, both in...
This description of the articles in which Babylon trafficked with the nations, and the lamentation of the kings and merchants of the earth over her fall, agrees in many respects with the prophecy of t...
ALAS, ALAS; showing the vast interests which multitudes of the votaries of wealth, fashion, and pleasure had in her continuance, and their disappointment, sorrow, vexation, and despair at her downfall...
The description of the desolation:...
AND CINNAMON, AND ODORS, 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....
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...
_ 12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most preciou...
SLAVES: Or, bodies...
9-19 The mourners had shared Babylon's sensual pleasures, and gained by her wealth and trade. The kings of the earth, whom she flattered into idolatry, allowing them to be tyrannical over their subje...
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Revelation 18:13 and G2532 cinnamon G2792 and G2532 incense G2368 G2532 oil G3464 and G2532 frankincense G3030
LAMENTATION OVER BABYLON THE GREAT BY THE SELF-SEEKERS (REVELATION 18:9). We have witnessed the fall of Babylon the Great, now we witness the ‘grief' of her ‘friends'. The kings, the merchants and the...
. ‘And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise any more.' They weep not for her but for themselves. Their means of profit has gone. Then are outlined in g...
CINNAMON (κινναμωμον). Old word transliterated into English, here only in N.T. Of Phoenician origin (Herodotus) as to name and possibly from South China.SPICE (αμωμον). A fragrant plant of India,...
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...
THE BUSINESSMEN OF THE EARTH. The businessmen cry and mourn, because their goods have suddenly become worthless! Most of the list of goods are luxuries for a pleasure-mad world! These include _slaves...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:9 Laments come from kings, merchants, and sailors who profited from Babylon’s power and wealth. ⇐...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:12 The prostitute symbolizes all corrupt economic systems. Even HUMAN SOULS are reduced to cargo. They are traded as SLAVES to provide cheap labor for greedy merchants...
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...
_11 AND THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH SHALL WEEP AND MOURN OVER HER; FOR NO MAN BUYETH THEIR MERCHANDISE ANY MORE:_ _ 12 THE MERCHANDISE OF GOLD, AND SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES, AND OF PEARLS, AND FI...
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...
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...
1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 10:25; 1 Timothy 1:10;...
Cinnamon [κ ι ν α μ ω μ ο ν]. Mentioned as one of the ingredients of the holy oil for anointing (Exodus 30:23), and as a perfume for the bed (Proverbs 7:17). And spice [κ α ι α μ ω μ ο ν]. These words...
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...