Revelation 18:16

And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! AND. So Vulgate, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B C omit. DECKED - `gilded.' STONES ... PEARLS - `stone ... pearl.' B, Andreas, read "pearls;' but A 'Aleph (') C, 'pearl.'...

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 subjects, while obedient to her; and the merchants, those who trafficked for her indulgences, pardons, and honours; these mourn. Babylon's friends partook her sinful pleasures and profits, but are not willing to share her plagues. The spirit of antichrist is a worldly spirit, and that sorrow is a mere worldly sorrow; they do not lament for the anger of God, but for the loss of outward comforts. The magnificence and riches of the ungodly will avail them nothing, but will render the vengeance harder to be borne. The spiritual merchandise is here alluded to, when not only slaves, but the souls of men, are mentioned as articles of commerce, to the destroying the souls of millions. Nor has this been p...

Verse Revelation 18:16. _CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN, AND PURPLE_, c.] The verb περιβαλλεσθαι, which we here translate _clothed_, signifies often _to abound, be enriched, laden with_, and is so used by the best Greek writers see many examples in _Kypke_. These articles are not to be considered here as _personal ornaments_, but as articles of trade or merchandise, in which this city trafficked....

AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS ... - notes on Revelation 18:10. THAT WAS CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN - In the previous description Revelation 18:12, these are mentioned as articles of traffic; here the city, under the image of a female, is represented as clothed in the most rich and frivolous of these articles. AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET - See the notes on Revelation 17:3. Compare Revelation 18:12 of this chapter. And decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls

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. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 7:1, etc.). The "mystery" of the beast and the harlot having been declared, the angel now describes the doom in store for them. The angel is _from heaven_,_ _as carrying the news of the judgment which is sent from heaven (cf. Revelation 10:1;...

AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS! THAT GREAT CITY,..... Using the same words the kings of the earth do, Revelation 18:10 only adding, suitable to their characters as merchants, and the things they traded in with her, THAT WAS CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND DECKED WITH GOLD, AND PRECIOUS STONES, AND PEARLS; Revelation 18:12 Revelation 17:4, see also Ezekiel 27:32....

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 the whole system of apostate Christendom in its social and commercial aspect, the so-called “Christian civilization” in its final apostate condition and doom. Papal Rome in her short revival becomes the head of apostate Christendom and controls everything till her appointed doom comes upon her. While we saw in the preceding chapter the desolation of the whore by the ten kings and the beast, here we see how God views her and that He dethrones this system in His judgment. A strong angel comes down to announce her doom and to lay bare her inner and most awful corruption. A strong descending Angel whose glory lightened the earth, shows what the boasting thing, she, who bore the bless

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 classes. SOULS OF MEN: the Gr. phrase does not refer to what we mean when we use the term soul. It denotes simply the natural life. Lives of men would be the more exact rendering. The writer is alluding to the traffic in human life, whether in the form of slavery or immorality, or the brutal sports of the amphitheatre. Revelation 18:14. And the fruits: lit. and the ripe fruit of the desire of thy soul is gone from thee (Swete) and all thy rich and sumptuous things have perished. Just when the fruit of the labour of many generations seemed ready to fall into the mouth it had

THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...

AND. Omit. ALAS, ALAS,. Woe! woe! as Revelation 18:10 and Revelation 18:19. THAT. the. STONES. stone....