Revelation 18:1

CHAPTER XVIII.

A luminous angel proclaims the fall of Babylon, and the cause

of it, 1-3.

The followers of God are exhorted to come out of it, in order

to escape her approaching punishment, 4-8.

The kings of the earth lament her fate, 9, 10.

The merchants also bewail her, 11.

The articles in which she trafficked enumerated, 12-16.

She is bewailed also by shipmasters, sailors, c., 17-19.

All heaven rejoices over her fall, and her final desolation is

foretold, 20-24.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII.

Verse Revelation 18:1. The earth was lightened with his glory.] This may refer to some extraordinary messenger of the everlasting Gospel, who, by his preaching and writings, should be the means of diffusing the light of truth and true religion over the earth.