REVELATION 18

 

Babylon the great is fallen[1]

 

Rev. 18:1  And after these things [after John is shown the judgment of the great whore-city, Mystery Babylon the great (Chapter 17)] I saw another angel

            [1] come down from heaven,

            [2] having great power; and

            [3] the earth was lightened with his glory [c/p. Lk. 2:9].

18:2  And he cried

            [1] mightily

            [2] with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great

                        [a.] is fallen, is fallen, and

                        [b.] is become the habitation of devils [Satan’s throne (seat)], and

                        [c.] [is become] the hold of every foul spirit, and

                        [d.] [is become] a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

18:3  For

            [1] all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and

            [2] the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and

            [3] the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

 

God’s people warned to leave Babylon the great

 

 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 

            [1] Come out of her, my people,

                        [a.] that ye be not partakers of her sins, and

                        [b.] that ye receive not of her plagues.

 18:5  For

            [c.] her sins have reached unto heaven, and

                        [d.] God hath remembered her iniquities.

 

Babylon’s judgment is pronounced

 

 18:6   [1] Reward her even as she rewarded you, and

            [2] double unto her double according to her works:

            [3] in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

 18:7   [4] How much she hath glorified herself, and

            [5] [how much she hath] lived deliciously,

            [6] so much torment and sorrow give her:

for she saith in her heart, I

                        [a.] sit a queen, and

                        [b.] am no widow, and

                        [c.] shall see no sorrow.

 

Babylon is destroyed in one day

 

 18:8  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,

            [1] death, and

            [2] mourning, and

            [3] famine [there are survivors]; and    

            [4] she shall be utterly burned with fire:

for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

 

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