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Verse Revelation 18:19. _THEY CAST DUST ON THEIR HEADS_] They showed
every sign of the sincerest grief. The lamentation over this great
ruined city, Revelation 18:9, is exceedingly strong and well dr...
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AND THEY CAST DUST ON THEIR HEADS - A common sign of lamentation and
mourning among the Orientals. See the notes on Job 2:12.
BY REASON OF HER COSTLINESS - The word rendered “costliness” -
τιμιότητος...
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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...
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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...
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THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
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And every shipmaster and everyone who sails the sea, and sailors who
gain their living from the sea, stood afar off and cried, when they
saw the smoke of her burning. "What city was like the great cit...
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THAT. the.
WHEREIN. in (App-104.) which.
SHIPS. the ships.
BY REASON OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104.
ONE HOUR. See Revelation 18:10 and compare Isaiah 47:11. Isa 18:17 and
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_they cast dust_&c. _Ibid._30.
_had ships_ Read, HAD THE SHIPS or THEIR SHIPS....
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THE LAMENTATION OVER HER ON EARTH...
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ΚΛΑΊΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΕΝΘΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. A 1 omit.
19. ἜΒΑΛΟΝ ΧΟΥ͂Ν. _Ibid._ 30....
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_A GREAT LAMENTATION BY SHIPMASTERS AND SAILORS REVELATION 18:17-19:_
In a single hour the power of Rome would be lost and all her vast
wealth wiped out. All ship captains, pilots, and navigators and...
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ΈΒΑΛΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать,
ΧΟΎΣ (G5522) пепел,
ΈΚΡΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) вопить,
ΚΛΑΊΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΛΑΊΩ (G2799)
плакать. Part, образа действия...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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 ho...
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Temple Section-Babylon's Destruction
16 "Gilded" seems to be a figure for all mere outward show, for it is
with gold, and precious stones and pearls.
21 In the East the millstone is used to grin...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY CAST DUST... — Comp. Ezekiel 27:30. The casting of dust or
earth on the head is a token of sorrow and humiliation; it bears
relation to the sitting in the dust. The one upon whom the sorrow h...
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(4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and
describes her fall....
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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...
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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
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FALLEN LIKE A STONE INTO THE SEA
Revelation 18:14
This section delineates the utter desolation which will ensue when the
judgments of God have finished their mission against professing but
unfaithful...
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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...
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Dust upon the head is a symbol of grief. (Job 2:12; Ezekiel 27:30)
They grieve over the collapse of their trade and fortune, not the
death of the harlot....
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY CAST DUST ON THEIR HEADS,.... As the seafaring men on account
of Tyre, Ezekiel 27:30 this was a gesture used in mourning when
persons were in afflicted and distressed circumstances, denoting...
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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 hou...
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_The merchants, ship-masters, and sailors, and as many as trade by
sea, weep and wail_ For they can no longer import or export
commodities for her, or convey strangers to and fro, for there is an
end...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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These features are so prominent that they are treated in another
paragraph:...
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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...
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_ 19 “They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and
wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who
had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 18:18...
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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...
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‘And every ship's captain, and everyone who sails anywhere, and
seamen, and as many as gain their living by the sea, stood afar off,
and cried out as they looked on the smoke of her burning, saying,
“...
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THEY CAST DUST
(εβαλον χουν). Second aorist active of βαλλω. Χους
is old word (from χεω to pour) for heap of earth, dust, in N.T.
only here and Mark 6:11. Cf. Ezekiel 27:30; Luke 10:13. This is the...
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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...
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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...
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ALL THE SHIP CAPTAINS. Those who make their fortune by the sea
(exporters, importers, fishermen, pearl-divers, etc.). They throw dust
on their heads as a sign of sorrow and grief. AND IN ONE HOUR SHE...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:9 Laments come from kings,
merchants, and sailors who profited from Babylon’s power and wealth.
⇐...
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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...
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FOR the reasons given at the foot of page 553, no suggestions for
exegetical or homiletical treatment are given in connection with chap.
18...
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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...
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_15 THE MERCHANTS OF THESE THINGS, WHICH WERE MADE RICH BY HER,
SHALL STAND AFAR OFF FOR THE FEAR OF HER TORMENT, WEEPING AND
WAILING,_
_ 16 AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY, THAT WAS CLOTHE...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 13:19; Ezekiel 27:30; Job 2:12; Joshua 7:6;...
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Cast dust on their heads. Compare Ezekiel 27:30. See on Luke 10:13....
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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...
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And they cast dust on their heads — As mourners. Most of the
expressions here used in describing the downfall of Babylon are taken
from Ezekiel's description of the downfall of Tyre, Ezekiel 26:1....