Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Revelation 18:12
Thyine wood] a very hard, fragrant wood, specially valued by the Greeks and Romans as a material for tables (HDB.).
Thyine wood] a very hard, fragrant wood, specially valued by the Greeks and Romans as a material for tables (HDB.).
REVELATION 18:12 xu,lou {A} To the scribes of several witnesses (A 1006 1841 _al_) the mention of vessels made of wood did not seem to be congruent with the materials that followed, and therefore th...
Verse Revelation 18:12. _THE MERCHANDISE OF GOLD, AND SILVER_, c.] The same author, _Bishop Bale_, who was once a priest of the Romish Church, goes on to apply all these things to that Church and whe...
THE MERCHANDISE OF GOLD, AND SILVER - Of course, these constitute an important article of commerce in a great city. AND PRECIOUS STONES - Diamonds, emeralds, rubies, etc. These have always been impor...
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;...
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...
THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
PRECIOUS. Greek. _timios._ The noun in Revelation 18:19. MOST PRECIOUS. Superl. of Greek. _timios_ above....
This whole passage should be compared with Ezekiel 27, where the wealth and trade of Tyre is described in detail. _and scarlet_ Thus far the goods enumerated have been expressed by genitives, "mercha...
THE LAMENTATION OVER HER ON EARTH...
ΓΌΜΟΝ ΧΡΥΣΟΥ͂, ΚΑῚ�, ΚΑῚ ΛΊΘΟΥ ΤΙΜΊΟΥ. CP read γ. χρυσοῦν καὶ�, Primas[657] _mercis auri et argenti et lapidum pretiosorum_. [657] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΩ͂Ν with א Primas[658]; T...
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...
_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...
ΆΡΓΥΡΟΣ (G696) серебро. _Gen._ материала, описывающий, из чего состоит груз, ΤΊΜΙΟΣ (G5093) дорогой, дорогостоящий, ΜΑΡΓΑΡΊΤΗΣ (G3135) жемчуг (_см._ 1 Timothy 2:9). ΒΎΣΣΙΝΟΣ (G1039) лен. ΠΟΡΦΎΡΑ ...
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...
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 vessel...
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...
βυσσίνου (sc. ἱματίου) = “of fine linen”; from βύσσος the delicate and expensive linen (or cotton) made out of Egypt an flax (Luke 16:19); σιρικοῦ = “silk,” muslin, or gauze, chiefly used for women's...
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...
(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...
THE MERCHANDISE OF GOLD AND SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES, AND OF PEARLS,.... Things for treasure and ornament, and with which the great whore is said to be decked, Revelation 17:4 and, literally unders...
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...
_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:...
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...
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...
THINE: Or, sweet...
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...
Ver. 12-14. Here is a large enumeration of several sorts of wares, such as were most precious, GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES; such as were most useful for ornament, FINE LINEN, PURPLE, SILK, SCARLET;...
Revelation 18:12 merchandise G1117 gold G5557 and G2532 silver G696 G2532 precious G5093 stones G3037 and G2532
. ‘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...
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...
OF FINE LINEN (βυσσινου). Genitive case after γομον, as are all the items to κοκκινου. Old adjective from βυσσος (linen, Luke 16:19), here a garment of linen, in N.T. only Revelation 18:12; Revelati...
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...
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...
_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...
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 10:11; 1 Kings 10:12; 2 Chronicles 2:8; Ezekiel 27:5;...
Fine Linen [β υ σ σ ο υ]. See on Luke 16:19. Purple [π ο ρ φ υ ρ α ς]. See on Luke 16:19. Silk [σ η ρ ι κ ο υ]. Properly an adjective, meaning pertaining to the Seres. From Shrev Seres, a people of I...
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...
Merchandise of gold, &c. — Almost all these are still in use at Rome, both in their idolatrous service, and in common life. Fine linen — The sort of it mentioned in the original is exceeding costly. T...